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Half of people trying to get permanent UK residency by 10-year route struggle to afford food

Effects of ‘devastating and punishing’ Home Office system introduced in 2012 now being felt, experts say

The Guardian - UK

Up to a third of overseas aid budget used for housing refugees in UK, MPs report

Select committee accuses government of wilfully obscuring facts around ‘unsustainable’ trend

The Guardian - UK

Calls for more police action as violence and abuse towards retail staff doubles

Last year, 100 retail cheif executives wrote to 41 Police and Crime Commissioners to report their concern for the rise in crime.

The Independent UK

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Former acting Met commissioner allegedly called bulk of rape complaints ‘regretful sex’

Sir Stephen House, one of UK’s most senior officers, is under investigation by police watchdog

The Guardian - UK

Former acting Met boss accused of saying most rape cases are ‘regretful sex’

Senior ranking police officer referred to police watchdog

The Independent UK

Ex-chief constable of Police Scotland 'said bulk of rape complaints were regretful sex'

The force said the alleged comments are “wholly unacceptable”, and referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Daily Record

UK police and Border Force to remain locked out of EU database of criminals

Exclusive: Home Office admits vital access to Schengen Information System II lost for up to four years

The Guardian - UK

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The Home Office is sabotaging its own plan to tackle the asylum backlog

To cope with a record high backlog of asylum applications, the Home Office has announced it will instruct thousands of applicants to complete a questionnaire in English, instead of a face-to-face interview. If they do not do this within 20 days, their asylum application may be treated as withdrawn.

The Conversation

Migrant children in the UK are going missing from care – here’s how to protect them

Separated children who arrive alone in the UK are being placed in hotels by the Home Office – and many of them are then going missing.

The Conversation

Grandmother threatened with deportation despite entire family living in UK wins right to stay

Exclusive: Susita Balasubranamiamm, 66, fought a six-year battle against the Home Office decision

The Independent UK

UK Border Force urged to ‘deprioritise’ gun and drugs searches to ease queues

Exclusive: Leaked emails show airport staff were guided to ease passenger waits during school holidays

The Guardian - UK

Why thousands of people who thought they were British could lose their citizenship

Confusion has arisen around the British government’s own understanding of its citizenship laws, following a judgment by the UK’s high court. In a ruling handed down on January 20 2023, in the case of Roehrig v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mr Justice Eyre determined that the restrictive…

The Conversation

Migration policies failing both families and society, says Lords committee

A committee called on the Government to make the process for bringing family members to the UK ‘straight forward, affordable, transparent, and fair’.

The Independent UK

Patel: Reports of criminal who murdered after avoiding deportation ‘appalling’

Ernesto Elliott was due to be flown back to Jamaica in December 2020 but was taken off a deportation flight after last-minute legal challenges.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Asylum seeker plans legal challenge to Home Office questionnaire

Lawyers for Sudanese man launching action say questionnaire being circulated to 12,000 asylum seekers is discriminatory

The Guardian - UK

Maintenance failures sparked Heathrow detention centre disturbances, FoI reveals

Freedom of information responses reveal damning findings of internal investigations into power cuts at Harmondsworth in 2022

The Independent UK

Student with cancer wins payout after university refused to extend course for life-saving treatment

Riham Sheble said Warwick University’s treatment of her was ‘utterly unjust’

Manchester Evening News

Parents of Manchester Arena bombing victims distraught after 'patronising' Home Office meeting

'We definitely are not in any grieving process'

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Surge in number of Britons fighting to hold on to their citizenship

After the Shamima Begum decision, figures show dramatic increase in challenges to Home Office

Daily Mirror

Terrified Ukrainian boy, 11, begs Rishi Sunak to let him join his dad in the UK

The family applied for Boris Johnson's Homes for Ukraine scheme last September and is one of 9,400 cases caught up in Home Office delays and red tape

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: one in 100 police officers in England and Wales faced a criminal charge last year

Figure has surged over the past 10 years with pressure growing for officers to be sacked on the spot

Daily Mirror

Vulnerable asylum seekers 'prisoners in their own homes' after fleeing war zones

As many asylum seekers say they have been placed in unsuitable properties littered with tripping hazards, an expert blamed the system which she says 'creates a hostile environment'

Nottingham Post

Asylum seeker protestors outnumbered outside Long Eaton hotel

A protest and counter-protest took place outside the Novotel in Long Eaton around its housing of asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

She put Taliban members behind bars for their crimes. Now she’s in fear for her life – and the UK won’t help

Exclusive: Afghan judge, Yousa, has had death threats, been shot at and is a Taliban target after putting many behind bars. She is now ‘stateless’ in Pakistan and the UK government won’t help, as Maya Oppenheim reports

Manchester Evening News

The Greater Manchester town where only four people sleep rough

Mo and Will have come through dark times

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