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Pontins, student halls and cruise ships may be used to house asylum seekers as 40,000 cross the channel

The Home Office announced that 'nothing is off the table' with 'just weeks' to solve a growing backlog of visa applications.

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Ministers to launch bid to stop small boats, as Channel migrant numbers hit 40,000

Ministers are expected to set out a plan to reduce the number of unauthorised migrants entering the UK via the Channel, as the total for 2022 passes a record 40,000.

The Independent UK

Pontins, student halls and cruise ships could house asylum seekers in desperate new plan

With "just weeks" to solve a growing backlog of visa applications, the Home Office says "nothing is off the table" when it comes to housing asylum seekers in Britain

Daily Mirror

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Minister declares ‘Hotel Britain’ must end to deter ‘asylum shopping’

Robert Jenrick has insisted a move towards more basic accommodation is necessary to remove a ‘pull factor’ for those coming to the UK ‘illegally’.

The Independent UK

Diphtheria outbreak hits asylum centre sparking urgent vaccination drive by Home Office

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said reports of diphtheria at the Manston processing centre had been "exaggerated" but UK Health Security Agency said there has been a spike

Daily Mirror

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but struggled with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

The Independent UK

Tory MPs criticise use of hotels to house people seeking asylum

More than a dozen MPs question use of hotels as Robert Jenrick says ‘some larger sites’ may be needed

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‘Stuck in limbo, waiting to be part of society’: The ‘detention-style’ camps and ‘bruising’ asylum system that await people fleeing persecution

Charity workers in Manchester say they see first-hand the negative impact that the country's asylum process has on people arriving here for a better life

Manchester Evening News

Labour MPs raise concerns over welfare of child migrants

Home Office minister Robert Jenrick said he takes his ‘responsibilities to children, whether accompanied or otherwise, very seriously’.

The Independent UK

UK and France in 'final stages' of deal to tackle Channel migrants crisis

Downing Street said a deal was drawing near after talks between Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron - as the number of people at Manston airfield fell to 1,600

Daily Mirror

Watch: Immigration minister says population at Manston ‘back below 1,600’

The population at the Manston Migrant Processing Centre is “back below 1,600” with “over 2,300 people being placed in onward accommodation”, immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said. This comes as Business Secretary Grant Shapps stopped short of saying Home Secretary Suella Braverman followed the law in the treatment of asylum…

Evening Standard

Immigration detainees removed from Harmondsworth centre after disturbances

Heathrow centre finally emptied on Sunday despite minister expecting everyone to be evacuated by Saturday evening

The Guardian - UK

Government CLEAR immigration detention centre after power cut and night of violence

The government has now emptied Harmondsworth immigration centre after a night of chaos Friday was triggered by a power cut and lack of running water

Daily Mirror

Detainees behind immigration centre violence ‘will be held to account’

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said no-one was hurt in the disturbance during a power outage.

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Son was beaten up by gang after I spoke to media about migrants, says mother

Louise Monger, from Dover, said an attack on her teenage son, was sparked by her comments on migration.

The Independent UK

Residents say Jenrick ‘shocked’ by scale of migrants arriving in Dover area

Robert Jenrick spent about an hour on Friday listening to stories from families with local MP Natalie Elphicke as he visited homes in Aycliffe.

The Independent UK

Migrants ‘deserve to be treated with compassion and respect’ – Downing Street

Home Office minister Chris Philp earlier criticised the ‘cheek’ of complaints from ‘illegal’ migrants.

The Independent UK

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak news - live: Boris Johnson had support to challenge PM in leadership race

‘Two candidates’ hit threshold needed to get onto ballot and ‘one of them decided not to submit his nomination’, MP says

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman flies 19 miles to Manston asylum centre by Chinook helicopter

Home Secretary Suella Braverman travelled the short distance from Dover to Manston - 30 minutes in a car - by £30 million, twin-rotor support aircraft - so she could look at the Channel coastline. There weren't any boats.

The Independent UK

Belize rejects idea of ‘inhumane’ Rwanda-style asylum deal with UK

‘We will not agree to accept exported migrants – that is inhumane’

Daily Mirror

Tories face legal action over asylum chaos as 3,500 people still stuck at Manston

Robert Jenrick revealed the Government had received 'initial contact for a judicial review' and said he wanted to restore the facility back to 'acceptable humane conditions'

The Independent UK

Dumping Manston migrants at London station ‘massive error’, Home Office official admits OLD

‘Let’s get this sorted,’ official tells charity – but councils say migrants also dumped at Kent train stations

Daily Mirror

Home Office 'dumps cold and hungry asylum seekers in central London' ahead of major storm

About 40 people were taken by bus from the Manston migrant centre in Kent, but 11 of them had nowhere to go after being dropped off at Victoria railway station without jackets and wearing flip-flops on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

Braverman under pressure to fix migrant crisis as legal threat looms

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick estimated about 3,500 people remained at the Manston facility in Kent on Wednesday night.

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