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Home Office criticised over immigration detainee medicine removals

Watchdog says policy on prescribed drugs could lead to a medical emergency and endanger lives

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

‘Asylum seeker housing to cost £5 billion a year under Government’s Rwanda plan’

Housing costs will balloon as a ‘perma-backlog’ of asylum seeker cases grows, says Institute for Public Policy Research

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023

UK bill for housing asylum seekers ‘to hit £5bn a year by end of next parliament’

Thinktank says new Illegal Migration Act likely to deepen crisis by leaving thousands more people in limbo

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

Suella Braverman refusing to roll out asylum-support scheme deemed ‘more humane’

The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023

£1m counterextremism funding returned to Home Office despite rising terror threat

Exclusive: Commission for Countering Extremism returns funds to government as sources say ‘no one knows’ what body does

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023

Small boat migrant arrivals top 25,000 since start of Sunak premiership

Labour accused the Prime Minister of failing to get a grip on the migrant crisis in the English Channel.

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

Thousands of modern slavery cases rejected in Home Office crackdown on ‘bogus claims’

Genuine victims of modern slavery not getting the support they need, charities warn

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s vow to stop small boat crossings ‘delusionary’, former French ambassador says

Sylvie Bermann warns long coastline and smugglers’ changing tactics mean crossings cannot be totally stopped

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

UK gun lobby accused of helping to ‘skew’ consultation on tightening laws

BASC and Countryside Alliance advising supporters how to answer consultation launched after Plymouth mass killings

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Refugee charity flooded with requests for London hosts following ‘changes to Home Office eviction notices’

Many new refugees have been told they have seven days to leave hotels, charities say

Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2023