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Tuesday briefing: Home Office plans to end hotel housing for asylum seekers and what it means

In today’s newsletter: 50 hotels will be closed by January – where will the many vulnerable people be moved to, and why?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023

Child asylum seekers in UK forced to share hotel rooms with adults

Concerns raised over possible misclassification of children as adults as Home Office’s new hotel ‘maximisation’ policy begins

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

Britain is ‘omni-surveillance’ society, watchdog warns

Exclusive: Fraser Sampson says law is not keeping up with AI advances as police retain 3m images of innocent people

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2023

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Afghans who fled Taliban to UK ‘set to be made homeless at Christmas’

Home Office has imposed a 15 December deadline to eject people who worked for UK in Afghanistan from hotels, say councils

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2023

Wide eye of the law: Facial recognition deployed at Arsenal v Tottenham Premier League clash

Three people were arrested and charged after being caught by surveillance vans at the match

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Glasgow presses for Home Office help in looming refugee homelessness crisis

Refugees’ lawyers threaten action as officials argue who will pay to accommodate more than 1,400 people granted leave to remain

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

Councils in England paying £1.7bn a year to house people in temporary homes

Annual cost would be enough to build about 100,000 new homes over five years, as families forced into cramped hostels and B&Bs

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

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Forcing asylum seekers into shared hotel rooms to cut costs is unsafe, Sunak warned in scathing report

Government has no ‘credible’ plan to end asylum hotels or clear backlog, says cross-party group of MPs

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Home Office facing legal action over RAF base housing asylum seekers in blow to plan to stop using hotels

Charity argues RAF Wethersfield is being used as a de facto detention centre and is not suitable as long-term accommodation

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Homeless migrants could end up in hotels again, LGA warns

The warning comes after it was announced that the number of hotels used to house migrants will be cut by 50 over the next three months.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Government pays £15.3m for derelict land that sold for £6.3m a year ago

Brownfield site in Bexhill, East Sussex, being considered as a potential detention centre to house asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Home Office kicking asylum seekers out of hotels with one week’s notice, MP says

Stella Creasy said ‘no assistance’ is being provided, leading them to resort to local homeless shelters.

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Cutting asylum backlog will mean more homeless refugees, Glasgow council warns

City officials say Home Office has no clear idea where estimated 1,800 people granted refugee status will be housed in city

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Companies providing housing for UK asylum seekers make £113m profit

Combined profits of Clearsprings Ready Homes and Stay Belvedere Hotels prompt criticism from refugee charities

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

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The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Home Office says Northern Ireland exemption to ETA would hit security efforts

An electronic travel authorisation will soon be a requirement for people who do not need a visa to come to the UK.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Sudanese evacuees in the UK fear limbo as six-month visas begin to expire

Some of the people evacuated by British after civil war broke out say they have received no information from Home Office about their future

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

‘All that is missing is a whip’: How Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

Foreign workers on British farms suffered racism, wage theft, threats and appalling conditions, according to evidence heard by inspectors — but nothing was done. Emiliano Mellino and Matthew Chapman tell the whole story

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023

Ministers expected to end deals with dozens of hotels housing asylum seekers

Plan intends to reduce £8m a day bill and is expected to focus on hotels in Conservative target seats

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023

Conditions at Manston centre for asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’

Watchdog’s report also has ‘serious concerns’ about conditions at Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2023

Exposed: Secret report on UK modern slavery the Home Office didn’t want you to see

Foreign workers on British farms were allegedly starved, abused, denied medical care and financially exploited — so why did the Home Office try to cover up damning evidence from its own inspections?

The National (Scotland) · Oct 22, 2023

Home Office slammed for 'reprehensible' plan to use MRI to age assess asylum seekers

THE Scottish Government has hit out at the Home Office for using children as “pawns” over plans to use MRI scanners to determine the age of…

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2023

Fury at year-long Home Office delay over protest buffer zones at UK abortion clinics

Suella Braverman accused by MP Stella Creasy of denying will of parliament in passing safe access law

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

First asylum seekers back on board Bibby Stockholm after Legionella evacuation

The Home Office said tests for the bacteria had been completed ahead of the return of the occupants to the barge moored in Dorset.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Protesters gather as asylum seekers brought back to Bibby Stockholm barge

It has been more than two months since the vessel was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

Minister criticised for ‘too hysterical’ remark during LGBT+ hate crime debate

Sarah Dines said any form of hate crime is ‘unacceptable’ before insisting the UK is still ‘world-leading’ in its approach.

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