The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Facial recognition technology is already changing the nature of policing in the capital. To that end, the Met has been granted an additional £500,000 to fund further live facial recognition operations against knife and other offences, as part of a £4 million Home Office investment that will also finance the development…

Dijoun Jhagroo-Bryan’s father came to the UK aged eight and his story was transformed into a BBC drama

Plans for head of border security with access to home secretary will not satisfy all critics of Labour’s immigration policies

Lawyers helping detainees say they have been told that dozens have gone on hunger strike in detention centre near Heathrow

Charities fear ‘increasing risks of destitution and exploitation’ of refugees as they go missing

Charities say FoI disclosure that 369 such children were held over 21-month period is ‘hugely concerning’

The Home Office last week launched a nationwide operation to round up asylum seekers, leaving many fearful and confused

Glossy promotional leaflet handed out to asylum seekers detained under Rishi Sunak’s deportation policy

The UK Home Office has lost contact with more than half the people it wants to deport, has vowed to find them.