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. The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022
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' Chronicle Live · Nov 9, 2022
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 · Nov 9, 2022
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. The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022
Manston holding facility: does the UK's treatment of asylum seekers violate the law? A woman held at the Manston holding facility in Kent is taking legal action against Home Secretary Suella Braverman. The asylum seeker claims that she was held unlawfully in “egregiously defective conditions” at the centre. Her case is supported by the organisation Detention Action, and another case is being put… The Conversation · Nov 9, 2022
Welsh Government not told Home Office was shutting a Snowdonia hotel to use for asylum seekers Welsh ministers say they were “completely ignored” over a decision to house refugees in a Snowdonia hotel Wales Online · Nov 9, 2022
Victims let down by ‘ineffective’ system to recover proceeds of crime – report The Law Commission said billions of pounds had not been retrieved from criminals. The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022
Charities demand inquiry into Heathrow immigration centre conditions Home secretary urged to investigate after detainees’ protests over their treatment during power outage The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022
Manston migrant dragged away while shouting for help after 'being held for 30 days' A man started shouting 'help' and waving towards members of the media outside Manston migrant centre in Kent. He was asked to stop shouting before being dragged away Daily Mirror · Nov 8, 2022
MPs find people still sleeping on mats on visit to Manston asylum centre Home affairs committee members say site is still engulfed in crisis despite government assurances The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022
Manston migrant pinned against fence and dragged from cameras after shouting 'help' A MIGRANT trying to speak with the press at the Manston immigration processing centre was pinned against a fence and dragged out of view. The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2022
Home Office ‘running to keep up with crisis’ over Channel crossing surge, says MP after visit Crisis ‘not over’ at Manston processing centre, ministers warned The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022
Concerns over unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Long Eaton hotels There are also fears that the busy national speed limit road which runs between the hotels Nottingham Post · Nov 8, 2022
Councils across England fight to stop UK Government housing asylum seekers in hotels ANOTHER council is taking legal action to prevent the UK Government from using a hotel to house asylum seekers, with its leader branding the Home… The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2022
Daily Record · Nov 8, 2022 Couple's wedding wrecked as luxury hotel taken over at last minute by Home Office The couple booked the venue more than a year ago, but now have just days to find an alternative.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022 Psychedelic drug research held back by UK rules and attitudes, say scientists Active ingredient of magic mushrooms still classified as having no medical value, despite clinical success
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022 UK rolling back efforts to tackle modern slavery, charity says Reclassifying modern slavery as immigration issue and rhetoric of ‘abusing the system’ are among concerns levelled at government
Manchester Evening News · Nov 8, 2022 'Gobsmacked' couple told wedding cancelled as hotel takes in asylum seekers "When they told us, we just couldn’t believe it, especially the reason they gave us."
Wales Online · Nov 8, 2022 Couple's wedding cancelled as luxury hotel in rural Wales taken over by Home Office for asylum seekers Simon Pritchard and Lucy Campbell had booked the venue more than a year ago, but now have just days to find an alternative
The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022 Tory MPs criticise use of hotels to house people seeking asylum More than a dozen MPs question use of hotels as Robert Jenrick says ‘some larger sites’ may be needed
Manchester Evening News · Nov 7, 2022 ‘Stuck in limbo, waiting to be part of society’: The ‘detention-style’ camps and ‘bruising’ asylum system that await people fleeing persecution Charity workers in Manchester say they see first-hand the negative impact that the country's asylum process has on people arriving here for a better life
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 Labour MPs raise concerns over welfare of child migrants Home Office minister Robert Jenrick said he takes his ‘responsibilities to children, whether accompanied or otherwise, very seriously’.
Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022 UK and France in ‘final stages’ of deal to tackle illegal migration, says Downing Street Rishi Sunak has vowed to ‘grip this challenge of illegal migration’ by working with European nations
Manchester Evening News · Nov 7, 2022 Children could learn 'mass casualty' first aid in response to Manchester Arena bombing The latest report from the public inquiry could revolutionise life-saving first aid training in schools and businesses
Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022 Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s illegal migration rhetoric ‘misleading’, expert says Channel crossings are wrongfully being ‘misrepresented as illegitimate’, a human rights advocate says