The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Student visa 'crackdown' announced but Home Office backtracks on graduate route rule changes

Rishi Sunak was said to be considering severely restricting, or even scrapping, the graduate visa route

Evening Standard · May 23, 2024

Election headache for Rishi Sunak as UK population grows by 685,000 in past year

Net migration to the UK drops slightly after a record high 2022

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

Huge drop in health and social care worker visa applications could ‘destabilise’ sector, leaders warn

Applications for health and social care worker visas drop by 76 per cent year on year

The Independent UK · May 22, 2024

Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK

Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, has been refused leave to remain despite living most of his adult life in Britain

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024

Migrant chaos as hundreds of asylum seekers leave Bibby Stockholm and RAF base

Exclusive: Hundreds of asylum seekers have left or been moved out of RAF Wethersfield and the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ already this year as costs spiral

The Independent UK · May 18, 2024

Fears of new Windrush as thousands of UK immigrants face ‘cliff edge’ visa change

Campaigners say move to electronic permits by the end of the year is a ‘recipe for disaster’ that could leave immigrants without proof of status

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2024

Migrants detained for Rwanda flights released on bail by Home Office

The first asylum seekers bound for Rwanda were detained at the start of May

The Independent UK · May 17, 2024

Wirral ‘local legend’ refused indefinite leave to remain by Home Office

Nelson Shardey, 74, has lived in the UK since 1977 and ran a Merseyside newsagent for 31 years

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024

Refused asylum seekers also at risk of being sent to Rwanda, says Home Office

UK and Rwanda agree deal to extend cohort of those eligible to be forcibly removed to east African country

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Keeping London's streets safe without eroding rights is a necessary balancing act

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…

Evening Standard · May 15, 2024