The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda

Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial scheme

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022

Home Office deportation flight takes off for Jamaica with just 7 people on board

Deportation flights to Jamaica have proved controversial as some people have lived in the UK since they were children or have Windrush connections

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022

Patel backs Rwanda plan as more than 900 migrants cross Channel in four days

The Home Secretary said work was taking place ‘right now’ on plans to deport people to Rwanda.

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Jamaican deportation flight takes off with just seven people aboard

The charter flight, which was initially due to carry 112 people, is understood to have taken off in the early hours of Wednesday morning

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

UK deportation flight to Jamaica takes off with seven onboard

Home Office initially had 100 people on list of Jamaican nationals to be removed, say reports

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022

Leeds gran, 60, 'livid' she's forced to take 'sky high stairs' at Leeds Bradford Airport as escalator 'switched off'

She had just landed back in the UK and was faced with huge wait times and a massive climb at Leeds Bradford

Leeds Live · May 18, 2022

Legal battle over ‘unlawful detention’ of Jamaican ex-banker

Exclusive: Two legal firms involved in James Matthews’ case have accused the Home Office of unlawful practice, while it has emerged that the department may owe him money

The Independent UK · May 17, 2022

Passport chaos: Couriers found to have lost hundreds as anxious holidaymakers chase applications

Although passport applications dropped last year, 1,196 documents were recorded as ‘lost during delivery by courier’

The Independent UK · May 17, 2022

Home Office doubles time lone child refugees must wait to join family in UK as resources diverted to Ukraine

Exclusive: In one case, a 14-year-old Afghan boy alone in a refugee camp in Europe must wait up to four months to join his brother in the UK

The Independent UK · May 17, 2022

Where will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stay during Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?

Sussexes will attend Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations with their two children in June

The Independent UK · May 17, 2022