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Number of Ukrainian families facing homelessness in England rises by 44% over winter

Around 700 Homes for Ukraine sponsorships have broken down in the past two months

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Sunak ‘plans to stop deportation appeals’ for people who reach UK in small boats

Home Office reportedly proposed two options to try to prevent those crossing Channel from claiming asylum

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023

Sunak migration plan would cost £1bn a year and create ‘permanent limbo’, say campaigners

Refugee Council warns government bill will leave tens of thousands in indefinite detention

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

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Rishi Sunak’s migration plan ‘would have left 45,000 in permanent limbo last year’

Refugee Council warns tens of thousands who crossed Channel to UK in 2022 would have been detained indefinitely under proposals

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023

Charities write to Prime Minister urging action over 'missing' child asylum seekers

OVER 100 charities have written to the Prime Minister to express their concern about asylum-seeking children going “missing” from Home Office…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 26, 2023

Labour: Young people being trafficked ‘into cannabis farms or prostitution’

Labour has accused the Government of failing some 200 young asylum-seekers who are missing from Home Office hotels.

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Charities write to PM urging action over 200 ‘missing’ child refugees

A letter signed by more than 100 organisations described the situation as ‘a child protection scandal’.

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

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Rishi Sunak urged to reunite Afghans refugees with their families

Afghans ‘left behind’ have been ‘abandoned and trapped’, one charity says

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023

UK government urged to honour pledge to Afghan refugees’ families

Exclusive: Charities and activists call on PM to follow through on pledge to allow families to resettle in UK

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Channel migrants: Most people claiming to be modern slavery victims are Albanian

Home Office data was obtained from Migration Watch under freedom of information laws.

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

A feted restaurateur, a senior doctor: Sunak’s cruel plan would have deported both

The prime minister wants to eject all who enter the UK ‘illegally’ without even giving them a hearing. That’s inhumane, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022

Revealed: ‘Appalling’ reality of healthcare inside the Home Office’s asylum hotels

GPs and healthcare workers have told The Independent about a catalogue of problems asylum seekers face, from lack of maternity care to dentistry

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Asylum tribunal capacity extended in bid to tackle backlog of 25,000 cases

It comes as a senior Tory MP condemns the Home Office for illegal migration rhetoric

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

Manston asylum seekers with suspected diphtheria ‘moved around UK’ as cases rise

Government accused of putting migrants and hotel workers at ‘preventable risk’

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

Child asylum seekers detained as adults after UK Home Office ‘alters birth dates’

Unaccompanied child refugees describe attacks in notorious Manston camp after officials ‘ignore or discount’ ID documents

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022

Support groups call for ‘urgent action’ following death of migrant

A person died in hospital after becoming unwell, the Home Office said.

Nottingham Post · Nov 17, 2022

Nottinghamshire MPs refuse to be 'silenced' on naming of hotels hosting asylum seekers

'I am sick and tired of seeing our hospitality abused'

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022

Commons speaker urged to stop Tory MPs naming asylum seekers’ hotels

Exclusive: Refugee Council says Home Office practice is to not name hotels to avoid targeting by far-right groups

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The National (Scotland) · Nov 14, 2022

Suella Braverman signs new deal with France on migrants crossing English Channel

THE UK has negotiated a new deal with France to try and stop people crossing the English Channel in small boats.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

More than 40,000 asylum seekers in UK waiting one to three years for decision

Refugee Council figures come as ministers prepare to sign new deal with France to monitor migrants

Daily Mirror · Nov 14, 2022

UK asylum seekers in limbo as some wait FIVE years for a decision by the Home Office

Damning new figures show just over 40,000 asylum seekers have been waiting more than a year for a decision - the same as the number of migrants who've already crossed in small boats so far this year

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Thousands of asylum seekers ‘in limbo’ waiting years for Home Office decision

The Government is spending £6.8 million a day housing migrants in hotels.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

Child asylum seekers say UK officials pressed them to lie about their age

Boy recorded telling guard he was told he could move from Manston holding centre more quickly if he said he was over 18

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

An ‘invasion’? Suella Braverman, this refugee crisis is of the government’s own making

Ministers have deliberately neglected those seeking sanctuary. We need a fairer, more humane asylum system, says Refugee Council chief executive Enver Solomon

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022

Suella Braverman’s decisions ‘led to scabies and diphtheria at overcrowded asylum centre’

Sources blame home secretary for conditions that encouraged disease, as charities decry ‘inhumane’ treatment of asylum seekers

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