The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Holidaymakers given update on passport delays ahead of summer holidays

The government has recently changed from a three week target to 10 weeks for people needing a new travel document

Wales Online · Jun 20, 2022

Priti Patel says migrants 'exploiting' Britain as she launches fresh attack on European judges

The European Court of Human Rights effectively grounded a deportation flight to Rwanda last week just minutes before it was due to take off

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2022

Belfast Council to offer free leisure centre memberships for asylum seekers

Asylum seekers have an allowance of £39 per week, half of the normal basic weekly universal credit in Northern Ireland

Belfast Live · Jun 20, 2022

British Army veteran ‘living in fear’ as he fights deportation threat

Joram Nechironga, who served in Iraq, is hoping to launch a judicial review against the Home Office decision.

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022

GPS tagging of migrants appears to contradict Home Office guidance

Document published this year does not mention asylum seekers as priority group for ‘intrusive policy’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

British history should not be treated as a ‘soft play area’, says David Olusoga

Writer and broadcaster says teaching about the past must not be a way of making people feel good about themselves

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

Outrage over scheme to electronically tag asylum seekers arriving in UK

There is no evidence asylum seekers are ‘absconding’ but Boris Johnson insists pilot must go ahead

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

Up to 1,000 GPs could be deported as Home Office threatens to force them out of UK

New recruits have been sent letters warning of their 'removal' just weeks after completing training. Health Education England fears 1,000 temporary visas will expire by March 2023

Daily Mirror · Jun 18, 2022

Migrant care workers came to help the UK. Now they’re trapped in debt bondage

Investigation: Britain called out to workers around the world to ease a staff crisis. But many have to pay thousands in illegal fees to recruitment agencies

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2022

Boris Johnson says he is confident of the legality of UK's Rwanda migrant plan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he was confident of the legality of his government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda after the first flight was blocked at the last minute by the European human rights court.

Reuters · Jun 18, 2022