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Antonia Romeo named as new top civil servant at the Home Office

Dame Antonia replaces Sir Matthew Rycroft, who announced in February he would leave the Home Office after a 35-year Civil Service career.

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More than 4,000 migrants have made Channel crossing to UK so far this year as MPs debate banning immigration

Crossings have taken place every day this morning, with 2,075 people arriving in small boats from March 1 to 9

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Tories to attempt to increase earnings threshold for migrants and partners

Conservatives table amendment to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill that would mean migrants would have to earn £38,700 to get work visas.

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Israeli ambassador attacks London School of Economics over Hamas ‘propaganda’ book launch

Tzipi Hotovely claims students could be influenced by author’s whitewashing of Hamas’s October 7 attacks

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Migrants Flood into the UK for Free Perks—Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Hotels and Food!

Migrants escorted across the Channel by French patrol boats were seen arriving in Dover, stepping off Border Force vessels in life jackets.

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UK signs ‘road map’ with France as Channel crossings continue

Border security commander Martin Hewitt met French special representative on migration Patrick Stefanini in Paris to sign the agreement.

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Sixth consecutive day of migrant small boat arrivals across English Channel

The latest Home Office figures show 1,378 people have made the dangerous journey so far in March

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Migrants arrive in the UK after crossing English Channel

Pictures show people wearing life jackets coming ashore in Dover, Kent after disembarking from a Border Force boat on Thursday.

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More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel in first four days of month, figures show

Some 1,168 people made the journey between March 1 and 4, bringing the total number of arrivals for the year so far to 3,224.

Evening Standard

Martyn’s Law set to protect events from terror attacks as Lords give green light

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill has passed the report stage in the House of Lords and is ready for its third reading.

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‘Flawed decisions’ saw 262 child asylum seekers wrongly classed as adults

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium said the mistakes are exposing children to safeguarding risk and sometimes criminal charges.

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Government adverts launched to warn of misinformation from people smugglers

The digital content shared by the Home Office comes as part of an international campaign to warn those considering coming to the UK.

Evening Standard

Downing Street defends small boats plan as over 1,100 migrants cross Channel in first days of March

Some 1,168 people have made the dangerous journey from France to the UK already this month, Home Office data shows

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Increase in visas for hospitality and construction could lead to exploitation, warn campaigners

While the number of visas handed to health and care workers has continued to drop, there was a rise in those issued to foreign-born tradesmen, hospitality and sales staff

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Number of UK visas issued for work, study, family or resettlement falls by third

Visas issued for health and care workers and their families have tumbled by 68%.

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UK is ‘hostile environment’ for Afghans amid rise in refusal of asylum claims, lawyer says

In the last quarter of 2024, 2,000 Afghan asylum seekers had their claims refused, up from 48 in the same period in 2023

Evening Standard

Enforced returns from UK jump 28% to highest annual figure in six years

There were 4,428 enforced returns in the second half of 2024, compared with 3,736 in the first six months.

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Huge fall in UK work visas as asylum seeker applications rocket to record level, Home Office data shows

A total of 108,138 people applied for asylum in Britain in 2024, the highest number for any 12-month period since current records began

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'Asian grooming gangs' phrase should be 'scrapped', Muslim group urges

THE phrase “Muslim grooming gangs” must be scrapped, according to a new report which argues the term is inaccurate and perpetuates prejudice.

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Government Scraps 'Illegal Immigrants' Term—but Won't Say What Comes Next

A perplexing controversy has emerged at the Home Office following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made at the start of the year.

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People smuggler who crammed nine migrants including 4-year-old child into van and crossed Channel jailed

Border Force officers stopped Constantin-Florin Pauliuc’s vehicle at the Port of Dover after he arrived in the UK from Calais

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Woman who used ‘array of wigs’ admits taking UK citizenship tests for 13 people

Josephine Maurice, 61, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court via video link.

The Independent UK

Woman admits dressing as 13 different people to fraudulently complete citizenship test

The 61-year-old had used an ‘array of wigs’ and other disguises in order to pass herself off as the true applicants

The Guardian - UK

Police to be allowed to search properties without warrant for stolen phones in England and Wales

Warrant will not be required where tracker shows an item is present, as part of raft of measures in crime and policing bill

The Guardian - UK

Home Office contractor collected data on UK citizens while checking migrants’ finances

Official sent email to charity that suggested Home Office had data on ‘hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting Britons’

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