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Pontins, student halls and cruise ships could house asylum seekers in desperate new plan

With "just weeks" to solve a growing backlog of visa applications, the Home Office says "nothing is off the table" when it comes to housing asylum seekers in Britain

Daily Mirror

Diphtheria outbreak hits asylum centre sparking urgent vaccination drive by Home Office

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said reports of diphtheria at the Manston processing centre had been "exaggerated" but UK Health Security Agency said there has been a spike

Daily Mirror

Met Police to redesign Gangs Violence Matrix after High Court challenge

Around 2,000 people are on the Gangs Violence Matrix, and 79% of them black, while in total 86.5% are from BAME backgrounds

Evening Standard

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Migrants at Manston to be vaccinated against diphtheria following spike in cases

The UK Health Security Agency said it is moving with the Home Office to vaccinate migrants at the Kent site against the disease.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers housed in Snowdonia hotel have turned up in "flip flops and t-shirts with absolutely nothing'

There are 83 men from different nationalities being housed at the site in the mountains

Wales Online

Strikes may hinder crime-fighting, says Met Police chief

‘If agencies we work closely with strike, it’s hard to imagine that more work won’t potentially overflow in our direction,’ Sir Mark Rowley said

Evening Standard

More councils considering legal action over ‘unsafe’ asylum seeker hotels

Exclusive: At least eight more councils are considering legal action after six sought injunctions against hotels

The Independent UK

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‘Incredibly hard’: parents separated from baby by Brexit delays

Academics with settled status had to leave four-month-old with family in India due to Home Office wait

The Guardian - UK

Army to begin training to cover striking Border Force staff

Exclusive: request to train more than 500 personnel raises tensions between Home Office and MoD

The Guardian - UK

Met Police boss warns public sector strikes could hinder crime-fighting

Sir Mark Rowley said: ‘If agencies we work closely with strike, it’s hard to imagine that more work won’t potentially overflow in our direction.’

The Independent UK

Met Police to overhaul gang crime list after High Court challenge

Around 2,000 people are on the Gangs Violence Matrix, and 79% of them black, while in total 86.5% are from BAME backgrounds.

The Independent UK

Report calls for devolution of asylum support to Holyrood

A report into the care of New Scots has found the long-term solution for contrasting approaches to asylum support by Holyrood and Westminster is…

The National (Scotland)

UK immigration: creating a spectacle around people seeking asylum generates fear and chaos, not solutions

When the Home Office left a group of people seeking asylum stranded at London’s Victoria Station last week, the scenes were stark. Hungry, cold and disoriented, they had been transported from Manston immigration centre, where 4,000 people were being crammed into a space built for 1,600.

The Conversation

Glasgow Park Inn hotel stabbings 'an avoidable tragedy' asylum inquiry report finds

Sudanese man Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, was shot dead by police after stabbing six people during a rampage at the Park Inn hotel in Glasgow's West George Street.

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Glasgow Park Inn stabbing incident 'an avoidable tragedy' asylum inquiry report finds

The incident saw knifeman Badreddin Abdalla Adam stab six people - including a police officer, three other asylum seekers and two members of staff - at the city centre hotel.

Chronicle Live

'Give us back our cops': North East crime commissioner calls for action over regional divide on police recruitment

Southern forces now have more officers than in 2010 but Northumbria Police hundreds fewer

Daily Mirror

Military to cover for striking Border Force staff in 'desperate' Suella Braverman plan

Hundreds of Armed Forces personnel look set to be drafted into ports and airports after 100,000 civil servants voted to strike over pay and pensions - including in Border Force

The Guardian - UK

After a year of waiting, our asylum application has been refused – I will appeal, but still can’t work

My pregnant wife and I still have only £80 a week to live, says Paul, an asylum seeker

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The Independent UK

Heathrow says ‘Christmas flight cap’ won’t be needed – but warns of strike threat

Main UK hub says increase in passenger numbers this year is higher than at any other airport in Europe

The Independent UK

Military set to fill in for Border Force guards during winter strikes OLD

Union bosses warn of ‘extraordinary disruption’ at airports and key ports like Dover

Wales Online

Housing migrants in hotels is 'grim' says chief inspector of UK borders

Mr Neal told MPs the conditions he encountered at the Manston processing centre had left him “speechless”

The Independent UK

UK’s treatment of asylum seekers must comply with international law, UN says

Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council made the recommendation on Thursday.

Chronicle Live

Sunderland council will be given £2k for every young asylum seeker moved from a hotel within five days

The Home Office report has been described as 'shocking'

The Independent UK

Sunak: Home Secretary and I working ‘day and night’ to tackle Channel crossings

The number of people at the Kent site was down to 1,147 as of 8am on Wednesday, Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth told the Lords.

The Independent UK

Sixth council takes legal action to stop asylum seekers being housed in a hotel

North Northamptonshire Council wants to prevent migrants being accommodated at the Royal Hotel in Kettering.

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