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UK government acted unlawfully by forcing torture survivors to share rooms, court rules

Judgment is blow to Shabana Mahmood’s plans to send more asylum seekers to army barracks

The Guardian - UK · May 29

Home Office wrongly assesses hundreds of migrant children as adults in ‘safeguarding failure’

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The Independent UK · May 21

Hundreds of migrant children put at ‘significant’ risk after being wrongly classified as adults

Exclusive: Home Office accused of ‘safeguarding failure’ after hundreds of migrant children were initially assessed as adults

The Independent UK · May 21

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‘I was left homeless after the Home Office claimed I wasn’t a child – here’s why AI age checks are dangerous for migrants like me’

MIGRANT CRISIS : The Home Office has advertised a £1.3m contract for an algorithm that can ‘accurately predict someone’s age’. One former asylum seeker tells Holly Bancroft why he thinks this could go very wrong

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2025

Charities take Home Office to court over ‘prison-like’ overcrowded migrant hotels

Government accused of forcing trafficking and torture survivors to share rooms with strangers in case that comes amid growing criticism over sweeping plans to overhaul UK’s asylum system

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

Ban on family reunion has left refugees in grave danger, home secretary warned

Refugees will struggle to integrate in the UK if they are barred from being reunited with partners and children, report warns

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025

'Move on' period for refugees doubled to 56 days in major homelessness victory for London Standard

The Standard has secured a major victory in its A Place to Call Home winter appeal

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

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Winter appeal: Homeless and refugee charities back our call to improve rights of asylum seekers

As part of our A Place To Call Home winter appeal, the Standard is calling for asylum seekers to be allowed to work after six months

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

Ambulance called to Essex asylum site 38 times this year as charities warn of increased suicide attempts

Exclusive: Asylum seekers have warned that people are ‘going crazy’ inside the flagship asylum site Wethersfield as charities call for it to be immediately shut down

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

‘Squalor’ of cramped rat-infested Home Office asylum seeker hotels revealed

Asylum seekers suffering from malnutrition from microwave meals in Home Office hotels

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024

More than 1,000 child refugees at risk after being classified as adults – report

Rushed and flawed age assessments leave hundreds of children exposed to abuse and exploitation

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024

Migrants ‘suicidal’ at former RAF base housing hundreds of asylum seekers, shocking testimonies reveal

Asylum seekers housed in ‘open-prison camp’ say ‘people screaming and gunshots heard at night’

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023

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