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Home Office paying for thousands of empty beds reserved for asylum seekers

Government keeps ‘buffer’ of 5,000 beds to avoid repeat of overcrowding seen at Manston last year

The Guardian - UK

Home Office paying for thousands of empty hotel beds, MPs told

Home Office second permanent secretary Simon Ridley revealed the figure when questioned by MPs on Monday.

Evening Standard

Home Office admits its paying for 5,000 empty hotel rooms for asylum seekers

Official says ‘buffer’ necessary to avoid overcrowding in detention centre – despite prime minister’s pledge to ‘stop the boats’

The Independent UK

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Ken Clarke: Doing nothing about illegal immigration is not an option

It comes as 1,070 migrants crossed the Channel in 13 boats on Friday and in seven boats on Saturday, according to Home Office figures.

The Independent UK

Channel crossings top 1,000 over two days

A total of 1,070 migrants crossed the Channel in 13 boats on Friday and in seven boats on Saturday, according to Home Office figures.

The Independent UK

Former Syrian refugee to reunite with father after Home Office battle

A FORMER Syrian refugee in Scotland has won her battle to be reunited with her father after succeeding in an appeal against the Home Office’s…

The National (Scotland)

Interpreters contribution to asylum process 'underestimated' by UK authorities

INTERPRETERS working in the UK asylum system are dealing with a “chaotic” set-up which underestimates how crucial translators are to the…

The National (Scotland)

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We need more EU workers, admits leading Tory Brexiter

George Eustice, the former environment secretary, is calling for a reciprocal visa scheme so that under-35s can work across the EU and Britain

The Guardian - UK

Robert Jenrick has cartoon murals painted over at children’s asylum centre

Paintings were considered too welcoming at Kent centre for lone children arriving in UK

The Guardian - UK

PM has not seen ‘rejected’ Home Office emergency migration brake paper – No 10

The plans designed to curb the numbers arriving into the UK were reportedly dismissed by former prime minister Liz Truss.

The Independent UK

More than £1.2m in Covid fines handed out after pandemic restrictions ended

Footballer Cheikhou Kouyaté among defendants recently prosecuted for Covid breaches that happened in early 2021

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick rebuked by watchdog for false claim over criminals posing as modern slaves

Minister said 71 per cent of foreign national offenders were claiming to be modern slaves

The Independent UK

Minister blasts closure of Nigel Farage's bank account 'on political grounds'

A HOME Office minister has said it should be “completely unacceptable” for banks to close the accounts of public figures on “political…

The National (Scotland)

Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers evicted from hotels ‘at risk of homelessness due to housing shortage’

Councils at ‘crisis point’ as they scramble to find housing for 8,000 Afghan asylum seekers

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Parklife boss Sacha Lord threatening Home Office with court action over on-site drug testing

"If it saves one person’s life as a bare minimum, we’re just going to carry on with it."

The Independent UK

Hundreds of modern slavery cases on hold after Home Office admits ‘unlawful’ guidance

Suella Braverman’s lawyers conceded legal challenge from people refused protection under new ‘objective evidence’ test

The Conversation

It could cost the taxpayer £169,000 to deport each migrant to Rwanda – and possibly even more

The Home Office has revealed how much it believes it will cost to send migrants arriving in the UK to Rwanda – a staggering £169,000 per person. This estimate is even more surprising when you consider that one of the aims of the government’s migration policy is to stop spending…

Evening Standard

Festival boss threatens legal action against government over drug testing

Parklife founder Sacha Lord says requiring a licence for on-site drug testing is ‘irrational’

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The Independent UK

Braverman grooming gang remarks cost her Baker backing – report

A row has reportedly broken out between Suella Braverman and former backer Steve Baker over her remarks on grooming gangs.

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman U-turns on new rules targeting trafficking victims

Home secretary withdraws rules that made it harder for victims to have their cases accepted

Daily Mirror

Child asylum seeker, 9, 'left unaccompanied and forced to stay in migrant hotel alone'

A court hearing detailed how a "high proportion" of asylum seekers initially accommodated in hotels are unaccompanied children under 16 - with the youngest aged just nine

The Independent UK

Child, nine, youngest unaccompanied migrant to be housed in hotel, judge told

Mr Justice Johnson was given Home Office figures while overseeing a dispute relating to the accommodating of migrant children.

Evening Standard

Human traffickers will ‘thrive’ while victims ‘invisible’ under Illegal Migration Bill, Rishi Sunak warned

The bill could ‘open up exploitation to a lot more severity then it is now’, a trafficking survivor warns

The Guardian - UK

Over 24,000 UK asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda despite court ruling

Home Office sent 24,083 letters of intent warning refugees they were being considered for forcible removal

The Week

The most controversial British scandals of the 21st century

Prince William has paid tribute to the Windrush generation on the 75th anniversary of their arrival in Britain – and five years after their treatment by the Home Office was the subject of a scandal whose repercussions are still being felt.

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