The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Overseas aid budget 'raided' of £4.3billion for refugees in UK

The Home Office has been accused of conducting ‘raids’ on the UK’s overseas aid budget

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2024

Home Office refusal of Gaza family reunion requests ‘irrational’, judge rules

Families succeed in legal challenges after Home Office refused to decide on reunion applications without biometric data

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2024

Campaigners hold vigil in Brixton to mark anniversary of Windrush scandal being revealed

Campaigners call for reform of beleaguered Home Office compensation scheme

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2024

Record 5,000 cross Channel to UK in first three months of 2024

Number of arrivals via small boats was 4,993 as of Saturday, exceeding previous record for equivalent period of 4,548

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

Tory MPs call for crime rates to be published for migrant nationalities

The group, led by ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick, believe this would allow the Home Office to toughen restrictions on certain nations.

Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2024

‘I lost hope with the Home Office’: Palestinians fundraise to evacuate family in Gaza

Hundreds of GoFundMe campaigns set up after Home Office refuses visas or Ukrainian-style entry scheme

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024

Home Office tried to cover up my critical reports, says sacked border chief

David Neal says fact-checking process was routinely used to censor criticisms in his inspection reports

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Clapham chemical attack suspect was granted asylum despite concerns over honesty

Abdul Ezedi, whose conversion to Christianity played role in his successful asylum claim, said Old Testament was about ‘Jesus Christ’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

Home Office granted 275 care worker certificates of sponsorship after ‘false’ application

‘Shocking’ system for awarding care worker visas leaves people at risk of exploitation, inspection report says

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

Nine more asylum seekers died in first half of 2023 than Home Office disclosed

Two FoI requests received different data, with one showing 14 people rather than five had died while living in asylum accommodation

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024