The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Home Office use of GPS tag on father-of-five found unlawful in first court case of its kind

The Home Office failed to regularly review the tag, which was non-functional for a period of 197 days

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2024

Minister defends plan to pay thousands for migrants to go to Rwanda voluntarily

Labour says ministers are admitting defeat on their controversial deportation plan

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2024

Palestinian citizen of Israel granted UK asylum in case said to be unprecedented

‘Hasan’, 24, argued he would face persecution in Israel on grounds of his race, faith and its ‘apartheid regime’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Home Office admits it does not tell families when asylum seekers die in its care

Department says it does not want to reveal details of deaths publicly in case it ‘endangers relatives’ mental health’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024

The Lords have pulled apart the cruel and Orwellian Rwanda bill – yet still, the Tories press on

Behind the parliamentary ping-pong are tens of thousands of refugees, left in perilous limbo by a broken system, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

Afghan Youth Orchestra Welcomed to UK After Home Office U-Turn and Border War Debates

More than 40 Afghanistan nationals have now had their performance visas granted, following a last-minute refusal from the Home Office.

International Business Times UK · Mar 6, 2024

Home Office denies visas to young Afghan musicians, Southbank Centre says

The Afghan Youth Orchestra was due to travel to the UK to begin their UK tour at the Southbank Centre

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024

More than 300 migrants crossed Channel on day girl, 7, drowns

The child had been travelling with her pregnant mother in a boat carrying 16 people when it capsized

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024

Calls for inquiry after refugee children made to guess who got foster care in ‘game’

Twenty organisations including Refugee Council say children being failed and abused by Home Office

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

‘Pretty dodgy’: alarm over suspect care agencies granted Home Office licence to act as visa sponsors

Campaigners against labour exploitation urge government to conduct more stringent checks before awarding powers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024