Only 2,700 visas granted under UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme Home Office also reveals that 22,800 visas have been issued to Ukrainian refugees with family members in UK The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022
Only 2,700 Ukrainians given spare rooms despite 200,000 Brits offering to help The Homes For Ukraine scheme statistics have been published and despite more than 200,000 offering to help, just 2,700 refugees have been granted a visa by the Home Office Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2022
UK competition regulator raids Mitie offices in London CMA examines emails from senior staff at outsourcer amid Home Office concerns over immigration centre contracts The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022
Ukrainian boy, 9, stuck in bunker instead of living safely in Scotland after Home Office bungle Andy and Marie Kuzbyt have been desperate to bring nephew Yuri to Scotland. Daily Record · Mar 30, 2022
Home Office should cut the red tape and let Ukrainian boy into Scotland Record View says the Home Office delays and bungles are risking lives. Daily Record · Mar 30, 2022
Only 1,000 Ukrainian refugees arrive in UK after 150,000 British families offer to help More than 150,000 British families are believed to have registered their interest in housing desperate Ukrainians but are set to be disappointed. Just over 1,000 refugees have arrived in the UK Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2022
Ukrainians already in UK can apply to stay for three years under new Home Office scheme Lawyers welcome move but warn of limitations as successful applicants not allowed to bring family to UK The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
CEO of games maker TinyBuild slams ‘inhuman’ UK visa policy as delays leave him on Zoom Alex Nichiporchik was forced to present his London-listed company’s results over Zoom after failing to secure a visa Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2022
Ukrainian woman and husband heading home to London after month-long visa wait Ronan and Iryna Ferguson have been staying in hotels in Dublin for the last month as they waited for the visa process to be completed. The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
We must all tackle the systemic racism that led to the abuse of Child Q Letter: Children’s charities call on the government, the Home Office and the police to strengthen safeguarding procedures and put anti-racism at the heart of decision-making The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022
Prince Harry faces 'lifetime of regret' for skipping Prince Philip memorial Royal experts are in agreement that Prince Harry's decision to skip late grandfather Prince Philip's memorial at Westminster Abbey is something he will regret Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2022
Dyfed-Powys Police chief wants unified Welsh force Dr Richard Lewis wants development in place by 2030 Wales Online · Mar 29, 2022
Brexit legal status leaves two million people at risk of deportation Oxford researchers warn design of scheme could see people lose right to stay in UK The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022
Priti Patel says Cressida Dick ‘deserves public gratitude’ as review launched into resignation process City Hall hits out at ‘politically-motivated inquiry’ as former police watchdog appointed to look at ‘due process’ The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022 ‘Scandal in plain sight’: charities call for help for Ukrainian seasonal workers Farm workers in UK at risk of destitution and abuse, and should be on family scheme visas, say campaigners
The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022 Stop charging migrant women for NHS maternity care, RCOG urges Exclusive: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says policy is harming health of pregnant women and babies
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022 Home Officer adviser says Child Q case ‘should horrify us all’ Nimco Ali said the strip-searching of a child ‘should be something we shouldn’t be able to tolerate in this country’.
Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2022 Russian ex-minister got UK visa after now-sanctioned oligarch fixed up job Vladimir Chernukhin, President Putin’s former deputy finance minister, claimed in a court case that he obtained a UK work visa - and eventually British citizenship - because oligarch Oleg Deripaska arranged a job for him in this country
Liverpool Echo · Mar 26, 2022 Fugitives using Merseyside 'backdoor' to plot secret trips home Criminals trying to evade justice are using a particular route to get back onto English soil
Manchester Evening News · Mar 26, 2022 'Why I'm taking Ukrainian refugees into my home - and what needs to change about the system' "We know in my family what war feels like. You just think ‘what can I do?’"
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022 Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo As war in Ukraine creates millions of new refugees, many people airlifted to safety from Kabul last summer are still stuck in UK hotels. We spent six months following three families as they adjust to life in their new home
Daily Record · Mar 26, 2022 Pregnant asylum seekers 'held alongside violent sex criminals' in immigration detention centre Some of the men were convicted of crimes including rape and sexual assault in the UK.
Nottingham Post · Mar 25, 2022 Life next to huge 'prison block' Sneinton tower that has 'sprung' to life after being empty It was decommissioned in 2005 by the city council
The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022 Ukrainians ‘stranded in purgatory’ as they wait weeks to join family in UK Ministers accused of ‘completely failing to meet the scale and urgency of crisis’ as refugees forced to shell out money on hotels while faced with ‘chaotic’ visa system
The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022 Home Office illegally seized phones of 2,000 asylum seekers, court rules Secret, blanket policy to take mobiles and extract data from them judged unlawful on several fronts