The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Home Office reduces new salary threshold for family visas from £38,700 to £29,000

The Home Office said the salary threshold would go up incrementally, starting at £29,000

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Home Office reverses policy on UK hostel evictions after surge in refugee homelessness

Measure, introduced in August, in effect gave people granted leave to remain just seven days’ notice to move on

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Coroner asks Home Office for statement on man’s death on Bibby Stockholm

Coroner gives department six weeks to respond as inquest opens into death of Leonard Farruku on barge

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Inquest to be held into death of asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm

AN inquest is to be opened into the death of an asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 19, 2023

Asylum seekers housed in UK hotels to have allowance cut to £1.25 a day

Tens of thousands of people waiting for claims to be processed could sink into destitution, charity warns

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

Police 'wrong' to record non-crime hate incident against Tory Rachel Maclean in transphobic row, says minister

She is seeking to appeal against the case by West Mercia police

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023

UK Immigration Detention Report Highlights Release Surge and Concerns Over Treatment

Despite the primary purpose of immigration detention being to facilitate deportations, the annual IMB report highlighted that the majority of detainees were ultimately released.

International Business Times UK · Dec 19, 2023

Refugees facing 'widespread homelessness' due to Home Office housing deadline

The Bishop of London claims that a 28-day notice period was not happening in practice

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2023

Man who died on Bibby Stockholm named as 27-year-old from Albania

AN asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge has been identified as a 27-year-old man from Albania.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 18, 2023

Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who died in suspected suicide is named

Other refugees onboard say Albanian national Leonard Farruku appeared to be in distress before he died

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023