How will the UK-France migrants return deal work as it comes into force? The deal will be operational from Wednesday with detentions expected in the coming days. Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2025
Napier barracks to continue housing asylum seekers after small boat influx Mass accommodation site in Kent, marred by controversy since opening, had been due to close in September The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2025
Jess Phillips: Nigel Farage would enable ‘modern day Jimmy Saviles’ The Home Office minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls condemned the Reform leader The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025
Phillips hits out at Farage over children’s safety online Jess Phillips, the Home Office minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, condemned the Reform leader. Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2025
UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025
UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of women’s unpaid labour – Jess Phillips She says the country has depended on women’s charity rather than providing services itself The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025
UK has got fat on the free labour of women, says Jess Phillips The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said the country has been reliant on the charity of women for years. Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025
Pro- and anti-migrant protesters face off at London hotel housing asylum seekers Anti-racism campaigners outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodation The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025
Channel crossings in 2025 pass 25,000 – faster than any year since records began As ministers aim to ‘smash’ people-smuggling gangs, milestone passes almost a month earlier than previous record of 2022 The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025
'Send Them Home!': Fury as Britons Wait Years for Housing While Migrants Set to Get £250K Flats Outrage in Hampshire as locals protest migrants being offered £250K flats while UK families wait years on housing lists. Here's what's really happening. International Business Times UK · Jul 31, 2025
Number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats hits 25,000 in record time Some 898 people made the journey in 13 boats on Wednesday, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 25,436, Home Office figures show The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025
Home Office expands migrant housing at Essex RAF base as it's revealed over 25,000 people have crossed Channel The Home Office will start increasing the number of asylum seekers living at a former RAF station in Essex by 50% to help deal with the crisis Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025
Tech expert ‘smeared as paedo’ in UK Government meeting on Online Safety Act AN internet privacy expert has said she was called a “paedo” during a UK Government meeting after raising concerns about the Online Safety Act… The National (Scotland) · Jul 30, 2025
Channel-crossing migrants brought to shore by Border Force and lifeboats The crossings continue as the number of people arriving this year so far nears 25,000. Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025
The Conversation · Jul 30, 2025 Windrush scandal: those left to apply for compensation without legal help missed out on tens of thousands of pounds The Windrush scandal has been one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Britain, affecting tens of thousands of people. The government set up a scheme in 2019 to award compensation to those who had been wronged by racist immigration legislation over decades, left unable to prove their immigration status.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2025 Number of asylum seekers at ex-RAF base in Essex to rise by more than 50% Home Office to move 445 more people to MDP Wethersfield site, scene of previous anti-migrant protests
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025 Elite police unit to monitor social media for anti-migrant posts Shadow home secretary accuses the government of trying ‘to police what you post’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025 Home Office to penalise asylum seekers who refuse to move out of hotels Government concerned about risk of unrest spreading ahead of new protests at the Bell hotel in Essex
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025 UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
International Business Times UK · Jul 24, 2025 Outrage as 4-Star Hotel in London to Welcome Hundreds of Asylum Seekers Protests erupt at Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf as it prepares to house asylum seekers. Eggs thrown, police deployed, and costs hit £3bn yearly. Tensions rise over immigration policy, with locals and politicians divided.
Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025 'Get a taxi back': Jay Slater's friend reveals tragic final conversation before his death in Tenerife More details of 19-year-old’s final hours emerge as inquest into his death in Tenerife resumes
Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025 Police commissioner joins council to demand closure of asylum hotels after 'multiple serious incidents' Council leader Chris Whitbread said: ‘Repeated warnings to the Home Office about the unsuitability of both sites have gone unheeded’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025 Jeremy Corbyn confirms he is setting up new political party with Zarah Sultana – as it happened Former Labour leader said he was founding the new party, which is being referred to currently as Your Party
The Conversation · Jul 23, 2025 How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design The letter that arrived for eleven-year-old Guilherme in June 2025 was addressed personally to him. The UK Home Office was informing him that he and his eight-year-old brother Luca must return to Brazil. Their parents, an academic and a senior NHS nurse, both long-term UK residents with valid visas were…
The National (Scotland) · Jul 23, 2025 Labour Government to share asylum hotel location information with food delivery firms KEIR Starmer has announced that the Home Office will share information about asylum hotel locations with food delivery companies.