Home Secretary demands probe into asylum seekers taking taxis ‘up to 250 miles’ to see a GP BBC investigation finds some asylum seekers are travelling long distances in taxis for a GP appointment Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025
Home secretary orders urgent review into use of taxis for asylum seekers The Home Office has refused to disclose how much is spent on taxis for asylum seekers The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
Home Secretary warns far right rhetoric ‘getting out of control’ Ms Mahmood also said politicians had a duty not to let patriotism cross the line into nationalism. Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025
Home Office to seek deportation of migrant after 12-month sex assault sentence Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu told a probation officer he wanted to be deported. Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025
Mahmood vows to change modern slavery laws after bid to deport Eritrean man thwarted Appeal court rejects home secretary’s attempt to appeal against blocking of return of man to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
Permanent residency for Hongkongers may be worth £4bn to UK economy, says thinktank Analysis finds value of moved pensions savings could raise similar revenue by 2029 as a year’s air passenger duty The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025
Border Force cut open industrial equipment to find massive stash of cocaine near London Investigators use angle grinder to slice two generators, despite the risk of huge compensation bill Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025
Man who died on Bibby Stockholm ‘tricked’ into going on barge, inquest told Community worker said Leonard Farruku, from Albania, was told he was being taken to a hotel in Swindon The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
Disabled Nigerian man living in UK for 38 years wins appeal against deportation Anthony Olubunmi George, who arrived in 1986 and has no criminal convictions, given right to remain The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
More than 1,000 people arrive in UK in small boats in one day Home Office figures for Friday end a spell of more than a week with no new arrivals in Dover due to poor weather The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025
More than 1,000 small boat migrants arrive in UK despite French deal The numbers crossing the English Channel have dwarfed the handful of migrants being sent the other way. Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2025
Third migrant deported under Starmer’s ‘one in, one out’ migration deal Home Office sources said an Iranian male had been returned to France on Friday The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
Home Office appeal bid over blocked deportation to be heard next week An Eritrean man’s deportation to France was temporarily blocked by a High Court judge on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025
Judge quashes Home Office’s decision on US extradition of vulnerable man Portugal has also made extradition request for Diogo Santos Coelho, who is facing cybercrime charges The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025
Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025 Second deportation flight under ‘one in, one out’ deal takes off An Eritrean man was on a flight that left Heathrow for Paris at 6.15am on Friday, the Home Office confirmed.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025 Mahmood’s views on ‘last-minute’ modern slavery claims fail to consider Home Office tactics Government should fix broken legal aid system that causes delays, says head of immigration lawyers’ association
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025 Second migrant set to be deported to France on Friday under one in, one out scheme But ministers face fresh legal woes despite quiet change of rules by home secretary
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025 Home Office quietly blocks modern slavery challenges under chaotic deportation scheme Exclusive: Migrants in the UK due for deportation to France will not be allowed to request review of modern slavery decision
The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025 Scrap policy that gives refugees with leave to remain 28 days to find housing, say UK groups Halving time asylum seekers have to leave Home Office accommodation will make thousands homeless at time when ‘racist sentiment’ is on the rise
Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025 Home Secretary accused of putting lives at risk over slavery comments Shabana Mahmood hit out at migrants using anti-slavery laws to seek to avoid being deported.
Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025 Home Office to lodge appeal in last-minute migrant returns deportation case Senior Treasury minister James Murray rejected suggestions that Labour had forgotten its values.
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025 Windrush scheme failings ’caused woman to miss time with mother before death’ It comes after a 2024 PHSO report highlighted that the scheme was making wrong decisions and withholding payments in some cases.
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025 Migrants are 'making mockery' of UK law by blocking deportations, Home Secretary says It comes after the UK-France migrant deal was temporarily blocked by a legal challenge from a man hours before he was due to be deported
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025 Up to 300 Tube staff at risk of being deported as Government faces calls to suspend new visa rules RMT and TSSA union members protest outside Home Office over ‘knee-jerk’ changes to immigration laws
Radio France Internationale · Sep 17, 2025 Eritrean man halts deportation in first test of UK-France asylum pact A British court has blocked the planned removal of an Eritrean asylum seeker to France, handing Prime Minister Keir Starmer an early setback in his plan to stop small-boat crossings of the English Channel.