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UK Home Office to use AI age estimation on asylum seekers – how accurate is the technology?

Starting next year, the Home Office plans to use AI-driven facial age estimation to assess the age of asylum seekers. At the UK border, deciding whether someone is 17 or 19 is a consequential judgment. Get it wrong one way, and a vulnerable child loses legal protections they’re entitled to.…

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Home Office admits it has lost track of migrants with no right to be in UK – but doesn’t know how many

Home Office still focused on ‘short-term fixes’ to broken asylum system, MPs warn

The Independent UK

Stephen Lawrence mother hits out at Badenoch over comments about her son following Henry Nowak murder

Doreen Lawrence responded to Badenoch’s assertion that the police’s response to Henry Nowak’s murder ‘must be a seminal moment for Britain on a par with the murder of Stephen Lawrence’

The Independent UK

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'The Mighty United Kingdom is Afraid of Speech': Free Speech Activists Condemn Ban on Hasan Piker

The ban on Hasan Piker in the UK has triggered a growing free speech controversy, with civil liberties groups and political figures criticising Britain's decision to block the commentator.

International Business Times UK

Hasan Piker's UK Ban Takes New Twist After Jeremy Corbyn Meeting Plans Surface

New reports reveal Hasan Piker had planned talks with leading left-wing politicians before being barred from entering the UK.

International Business Times UK

Home Office Slammed By Hundreds of Charities for Using AI to Assess If Migrant Kids Are Adults

The UK Home Office faces criticism from over 400 charities for using AI to assess the age of asylum seekers, fearing misclassification of children as adults.

International Business Times UK

'Go Home' Letters Ignite Fury as Children as Young as Five Ordered to Leave the UK

The UK faces backlash after Home Office letters ordered children of migrant care workers to leave, highlighting the human cost of recent immigration policy changes.

International Business Times UK

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Windrush compensation scheme needs significant overhaul, MPs told

Victims should be given legal support to help slash number of claimants denied payouts, says Windrush commissioner

The Guardian - UK

Home Office tells kids as young as 5 they have to leave UK

THE Home Office has told children as young as five who are living legally in the UK that they must leave the country even if their parents have been…

The National (Scotland)

Home Office sends letters to children as young as five saying they must leave UK

Children of those on care worker visas – who came legally before rule change – told to leave even if parents can stay

The Guardian - UK

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers

Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities

The Guardian - UK

Number of UK motorists using phones illegally while driving reaches eight-year high

Home Office data shows the number of people in England and Wales convicted for using a handheld mobile phone while driving was 40,723 for 2024, the highest level since 2016

The Independent UK

Home Office urged to revoke the visa of US live-streamer Hasan Piker ahead of London speech

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More than 1,000 migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel during heatwave

Some 1,128 people arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel between Friday and Tuesday, according to Home Office figures

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More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel amid hot weather

Migrants have made the journey over six consecutive days since Friday.

The National (Scotland)

Kenmure Street documentary 'reawakening' fight against anti-immigration rhetoric

AN AWARD-WINNING documentary about how a Glasgow community came together to resist a Home Office immigration raid has “reawakened” people’s…

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t have a life’: man sent to France in ‘one in, one out’ refugee scheme tells of return to UK

Exclusive: ‘Desperate’ man, in hiding after returning in a lorry, says he knows of 18 others from scheme who live in Britain covertly

The Independent UK

Government to review non-custodial sentence for three boys convicted of rape

Former Home Office minister Jess Phillips and Kemi Badenoch have criticised ‘unduly lenient’ sentences

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Net migration and asylum claims have fallen – here’s what the latest figures tell us

The latest figures on immigration to the UK show a sharp decline in net migration, which is now at its lowest point since 2012, excluding the pandemic years.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of migrant children put at ‘significant’ risk after being wrongly classified as adults

Exclusive: Home Office accused of ‘safeguarding failure’ after hundreds of migrant children were initially assessed as adults

The Independent UK

Number of asylum seekers being housed in UK hotels drops 35% year-on-year

The figures for the 12 months to December are down 48% compared to the previous year (331,000)

Evening Standard

West London shop fined for hiring illegal worker and paying them below minimum wage

The owners of AKP Retailer in Northolt were fined £28,000 by the Home Office

The Guardian - UK

Police say extra funds to hunt grooming gangs in England and Wales will ‘likely fall short’

Government announces a near tenfold increase but forces fear it will not cover anticipated cost of dedicated teams

Evening Standard

Report your 'dodgy barber' in London to police if you think it's a crime front, says security minister Dan Jarvis

‘Where people see activity that they believe is criminal, they absolutely should report it,’ says Home Office minister Mr Jarvis

The Times of India

Prince William plans massive £500 million UK estate sale to fund affordable homes, green projects

In a groundbreaking move, Prince William has announced plans to sell off 20% of the Duchy of Cornwall's estate, projecting to generate £500 million over the next ten years. This money will be pivotal in developing thousands of affordable housing units, enhancing job opportunities in rural communities, and initiating comprehensive…

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