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Home Office’s claims of compassion ring increasingly hollow

Analysis: The publication of yet another critical investigation into the department follows a well-worn pattern

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

Ukrainian children with cancer airlifted to UK remain split from families

Families of 21 seriously ill children fear they will never see them again owing to UK visa delays

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

Britain's rising UFC star Muhammad Mokaev details early days as refugee in UK

Mokaev lived in a refugee camp and was given just £5 a day upon his arrival in the UK, but the 21-year-old has developed into one of the top prospects in MMA

Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2022

Home Office must change or next Windrush may only be a matter of time – report

So far, only eight of 30 recommendations from a review two years ago have been implemented in full.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

Ukraine refugees trying to get UK visas facing ‘Kafkaesque’ system, MPs told

Shadow home secretary says tens of thousands of desperate people still stuck in system

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

Home Office ‘runs risk of another Windrush’ if it doesn’t transform culture, independent reviewer says

Report by Wendy Williams finds ‘limited evidence’ that Home Office is being compassionate when handling cases

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

Change or risk another Windrush scandal, Home Office is warned

The Home Office is at risk of another Windrush type scandal because of its “disappointing” progress in implementing key reforms to change its culture, the author of an official inquiry has warned.

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2022

More progress needed if Home Office is to learn from Windrush scandal – report

The findings come two years after a critical review by Wendy Williams concluded the scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

Nottingham painter overjoyed as Kenyan wife can finally join him in UK after Home Office U-turn

Her visa was initially rejected

Nottingham Post · Mar 31, 2022

Home Office EU immigration problems making woman feel like 'third class citizen'

"Every time I get a no for an answer, it adds a rock to my bag and I am just going down"

Bristol Post · Mar 31, 2022