The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Claims Britain First 'intimidated' asylum seekers at Lanarkshire hotel protest

The incident marred a multicultural event organised to welcome the asylum seekers into the community

Daily Record · Jul 5, 2022

‘They saw me as calculating, not a child’: how adultification leads to black children being treated as criminals

The police strip-search at school of Child Q caused outrage. But experts say it is just one example of how black children are perceived as more mature – and culpable – than white peers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022

Priti Patel calls for police to use new powers against protesters after fuel duty slowdown hits motorways

Road-block activism risks prison term after law change

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

New texting service to help people feel safe on buses

"They don’t always feel like it’s worth going to the police but they still want somebody to know about it"

Liverpool Echo · Jul 3, 2022

Human traffickers ‘using UK universities as cover’

Overseas students have vanished from courses and then been found working in exploitative conditions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

Nearly 246,000 EU citizens still waiting for documents proving right to live in UK

Nearly quarter of a million EU citizens and their families are still waiting a year after the settlement scheme closed

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022

Mum of abused boy who had both legs amputated says Tony's Law is 'just the start'

Paula Hudgell held “positive talks” in Whitehall after her adopted son Tony had both legs amputated at the knee after horrific abuse inflicted when he was six weeks old

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022

Gay migrants will not be safe in Rwanda and could end up in prison, charity warns

The African Rainbow Family charity has condemned Home Office plans to deport migrants to Rwanda, arguing that LGBTQ+ migrants will be in danger of persecution in Rwanda

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022

Government admits controversial digitalisation of rent and work checks risk comparison with Windrush

Labour accuses ministers of ‘failing to learn lessons’ as Home Office’s own document states vulnerable people could be denied work and housing under new policy

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2022

Pensioner had decapitated head of dead ancestor unearthed from Everton Cemetery

Back in 1997, Ken Colbung travelled to Liverpool to help his ancestor 'find eternal peace'

Liverpool Echo · Jul 1, 2022