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5,000-plus migrants thought to have reached UK this year after crossing Channel

Crossings resumed this week, with large numbers of people arriving in Kent, after few tried the journey in the last week of March amid bad weather.

The Independent UK

UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing

Deal to outsource process, described by Labour as ‘unworkable and unethical’, among range of measures to be unveiled

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers expected to be flown to Rwanda for processing in Government plans

Boris Johnson is set to argue that action is needed to combat the ‘vile people smugglers’ turning the ocean into a ‘watery graveyard’.

The Independent UK

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Fury as Tories unveil 'cruel' plan to send asylum seekers to RWANDA - 5,000 miles away

Priti Patel will sign a deal with Rwanda after months of attempts to 'offshore' migrants in Albania and Ghana collapsed. Boris Johnson will boast he is 'taking back control of illegal immigration'

Daily Mirror

UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, Boris Johnson announces

Plan to ‘offshore’ people seeking refuge in Britain in African country more than 4,000 miles away condemned as ‘unworkable and nasty’

The Independent UK

Recruitment drive launched to fill first of 500 new Home Office jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

It is believed that around 100 positions are currently up for grabs within asylum and protection services

Birmingham Post

Awkward Partygate silence of Priti Patel - who told Brits to report lockdown breakers to police

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have been fined by police investigating Downing Street parties but the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have both refused to resign

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‘Diabolical’ UK visa scheme nearly forced family back to Ukraine

The Home Office issued an apology to Steve Dury and the Ukrainian refugees he is sponsoring, but Mr Dury said the process left them in tears.

The Independent UK

Stop matching lone female Ukraine refugees with single men, UK told

UN agency intervenes after claims predatory men using Homes for Ukraine scheme to target vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Sabina Nessa would have made more headlines if she was white, grieving sister claims

Jebina Yasmin Islam told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she didn't feel her sister's murder received enough press coverage and believed it was down to her ethnicity

Daily Mirror

Households to get £1,000 council tax discount for taking in Ukraine refugees

Those that claim a single occupancy discount, worth 25% off your council tax bill, will also be protected from losing this reduction if they take in a Ukraine refugee

Daily Mirror

Refugee visa system is not a shambles — Priti Patel is on the case, George Eustice says

Figures show only 12,000 refugees from Ukraine have arrived in the UK so far out of the 3.7 million who have fled since Russia’s invasion began

Evening Standard

Sabina Nessa’s sister says outcry would have been greater if she were white

Jebina Yasmin Islam blames ethnicity for initial lack of headlines over murder, and also criticises Priti Patel

The Guardian - UK

Sabina Nessa: We would have been treated better if we were white, says family

The sister of murdered teacher Sabina Nessa has said their family would have been treated better if they were white.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Sabina Nessa’s family would have been treated better if white British – sister

Koci Selamaj was jailed for at least 36 years for the murder of Ms Nessa.

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel told UK visa process for Ukrainian refugees is a 'national disgrace'

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper branded the speed of the visa process for Ukrainian refugees as 'scandalous and shameful', leaving thousands of people 'stuck in limbo'

The Guardian - UK

Name the eight oligarchs given ‘golden visas’, demands Labour

Exclusive: Call for Priti Patel to name the Russians on sanctions list and publish report on defunct visa purchase scheme

The Guardian - UK

Russian spies? No wonder we recoil from this demonisation of refugees

Ministers have mobilised anti-east European sentiment before. Now they just look spiteful

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Daily Mirror

'PM needs a firm hand with Priti Patel if he wants to help Ukrainian refugees'

Boris Johnson has shown that Britain is committed to Ukrainian independence and that it stands by refugees in their hour of need. However, Priti Patel is not issuing them with visas quickly enough

Daily Mirror

Ukraine MP says Priti Patel promised refugee visas in 3 days - and she's waited 3 weeks

Lesia Vasylenko, 35, who took up arms to fight the Russians, is trying to get 30 families who fled to Poland or are still stranded in western Ukraine into Britain where new homes are waiting for them

Evening Standard

Sabina Nessa: Murdered teacher’s sister ‘condemns Priti Patel over support’

The sister of murdered teacher Sabina Nessa has condemned Priti Patel for failing to support female victims of violence, according to a report.

The Independent UK

Cressida Dick hits out at ‘politicisation of policing’ in parting shot as she leaves Metropolitan Police

Women’s campaginers criticise commissioner’s ‘letter to London’ after it hails achievements and fails to name Sarah Everard

The Guardian - UK

Using Windrush to justify UK visa rule for Ukrainian refugees baffles experts

Analysis: Windrush scandal wrongly categorised people as illegal immigrants, while most Ukrainian refugees have documentation

The Independent UK

Scottish Government brands Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘unacceptable’ on visa count

Data published on Friday showed just 570 visas relating to Scottish sponsors have been issued out of 43,600 applications.

Daily Record

Ukraine: Only 566 visas offered to refugees so far to travel to Scotland for sanctuary

Despite a dedicated scheme allowing refugees to travel without a sponsor host, Home Office delays in issuing visas has kept the numbers of those arriving very low.

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