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Transgender hate crime rise ‘could be partly down to political discussion’

Religious hate crimes were up by 9% to 9,387 offences, while transgender hate crimes increased by 11%, to 4,732 offences.

The Independent UK

Hate crimes against transgender people hit record high in England and Wales

Increase of 11% in recorded incidents may be due to comments in media and by politicians, says Home Office report

The Guardian - UK

Hate crimes against transgender people hit average of 13 a day

Home Office statistics show that 4,732 hate offences targeting transgender people were reported to forces in the 12 months to the end of March

Evening Standard

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Rise in hate crimes against trans people could be fuelled by politicians, Home Office admits

Transgender identity hate crimes rose by 11 per cent in the past year, new figures reveal

The Independent UK

Hero Afghan pilot ‘trapped’ in Home Office hotel and facing homelessness as government drags heels

Air force lieutenant who fled the Taliban to UK in small boat facing imminent homelessness if he cannot find anywhere to stay

The Independent UK

More than 50,000 refugees ‘could be homeless this winter’ as Home Office speeds up evictions

Some refugees get as little as seven days to find alternative accommodation before they are evicted from hotels

The Independent UK

Asylum backlog clearance efforts could make people destitute, Red Cross warns

The charity criticised changes it said the Government has made to the period of time refugees are given to move out of asylum accommodation.

The Independent UK

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Migrants sexually harassed and injured in ‘unsafe’ Home Office detention centre

Almost half of those held at Yarl’s Wood removal centre have had suicidal thoughts

The Independent UK

Small boat arrivals in 2023 pass 25,000 after 472 arrived on Monday

An average of around 52 people per boat crossed the Channel on Monday.

Evening Standard

Shop theft has been building for years – here's how to tackle retail crime and keep workers safe

Retail giants like Boots, Tesco and Primark are pushing for Home Office action after violent incidents and abuse against shop staff almost doubled since the COVID pandemic. Retail crime cost UK shops £1.76 billion in the year to April 2023, according to the British Retail Consortium.

The Conversation

Charities warn of refugee homelessness crisis in England this winter

People granted right to remain could end up sleeping rough in makeshift camps after accelerated Home Office evictions

The Guardian - UK

Charity challenges home secretary’s claims about ‘economic migrants’

Refugee Council study suggests asylum claims by three out of four crossing Channel would be granted

The Guardian - UK

The only way to stop small boat crossings

Letter: Desperate migrants are crossing the Channel by boat because they have no other choice, writes former Home Office caseworker Nigel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Come with me to a Home Office centre for disabled asylum seekers. See Britain’s hidden shame

Leaving disabled asylum seekers to rot in an old care home is the system working as intended, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The Guardian - UK

Refugee activist’s house in Home Office raid for ‘unknown illegal persons’

Campaigner Tony Pierre is demanding answers as to why his home was searched by immigration officers without a warrant

The Guardian - UK

UK outspends rest of Europe on housing asylum seekers by at least 40% a person

Exclusive: Report by aid campaign One finds costs now take up nearly a third of the official aid budget

The Independent UK

Home Office admits failings after Julian Assange’s friend dies in Belmarsh prison following deportation threat

Exclusive: Manoel Santos had lived in the UK for 20 years and was kept in high-security prison on immigration powers

The Guardian - UK

Vanessa Redgrave gives £4,000 to Bibby Stockholm legal fight

Actor’s donation enables fund to reach target in challenge to Home Office’s use of barge to house asylum seekers

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The Guardian - UK

Braverman’s claim over lowering of threshold for asylum seekers debunked by lawyers

Immigration experts say home secretary’s speech criticising global treaties related to refugees against guidance from her own department

Evening Standard

NHS nurses considering job offers in Canada as Home Office ‘risks worsening workforce crisis’ with visa fee hike

Increasing visa fees is ‘self defeating’ and ‘short sighted’, a doctors’ union warns

The Guardian - UK

UK officials seeking to deport asylum seeker mistook him for three other men

Home Office officials rejecting Ranjit Singh’s application confused him with others of same name

Evening Standard

Sir Elton John and David Furnish join wave of criticism over Suella Braverman’s speech on refugees

Singer says Home Secretary ‘risks further legitimising hate and violence’ against gay people

The Independent UK

HS2: Five Labour mayors to demand PM keeps project on track

On Tuesday, Home Office minister Chris Philp said Mr Sunak was reviewing how the cost of HS2 could be ‘controlled’.

Evening Standard

Families ‘face £28,000 in costs’ due to ‘unjustifiable’ Home Office visa and healthcare fee hike

Migrants in the UK are looking at jobs elsewhere while businesses face a ‘massive hit’

The Independent UK

Braverman: No migrants crossing the Channel are in imminent peril

The Home Secretary will say in a speech in the US that asylum seekers ‘picking their preferred destination’ is ‘absurd and unsustainable’.

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