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Two left-wing US commentators blocked from entering UK for London event

Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur were both due to speak at London SXSW in early June

Evening Standard

Why have two US commentators been banned from entering the UK?

Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker were supposed to address events at SXSW London before their ETAs were cancelled

The Guardian - UK

Home Office Slammed By Hundreds of Charities for Using AI to Assess If Migrant Kids Are Adults

The UK Home Office faces criticism from over 400 charities for using AI to assess the age of asylum seekers, fearing misclassification of children as adults.

International Business Times UK

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'Go Home' Letters Ignite Fury as Children as Young as Five Ordered to Leave the UK

The UK faces backlash after Home Office letters ordered children of migrant care workers to leave, highlighting the human cost of recent immigration policy changes.

International Business Times UK

London SXSW festival issues statement as speakers barred from UK over Israel views

A LONDON festival has spoken out after two left-wing speakers due to appear at the event were banned from entering the UK by the Labour Government.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office tells kids as young as 5 they have to leave UK

THE Home Office has told children as young as five who are living legally in the UK that they must leave the country even if their parents have been…

The National (Scotland)

UK Government refuses to break silence on visa ban for two left-wing US speakers

THE Labour Government has chosen to remain silent amid a growing backlash at the decision to ban two left-wing US speakers from entering the UK ...

The National (Scotland)

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Two left-wing US political commentators banned from UK

Green leader Zack Polanski has called the decision ‘really grim’

The Independent UK

Home Office sends letters to children as young as five saying they must leave UK

Children of those on care worker visas – who came legally before rule change – told to leave even if parents can stay

The Guardian - UK

Charities decry UK plan to use AI to assess age of young asylum seekers

Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities

The Guardian - UK

Controversial AI facial recognition age checks to be used on migrants at UK border

Plans to use AI to assess migrants’ age labelled ‘deeply concerning’

The Independent UK

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

AI facial recognition to estimate age of asylum seekers posing as children

Currently, immigration officers conduct age assessments when a claimant's age is disputed

The Independent UK

Labour MP calls for 'anti-Israel' streamer to be banned from entering UK

The Home Office has been urged to ban a popular American streamer from entering the UK ahead of an appearance at the SXSW festival

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Calls grow for Home Office to block US ‘anti-Israel’ streamer Hasan Piker from entering UK

Hasan Piker is listed as among the speakers at an event called How the American Left Learned to Speak the Internet at London SXSW in early June

The Guardian - UK

Immigration officers more likely than social workers to assess UK asylum seekers as adults

Local authorities deem young arrivals to be children more than twice as often as border forces, Home Office data shows

The Guardian - UK

Government rejects proposal to allocate funds for domestic homicide reviews

Domestic abuse commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ by move as councils in England and Wales struggle to fund reviews

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Hong Kongers seeking safety in the UK granted extended stay

Migration minister Mike Tapp said the UK would ‘offer sanctuary to those in need’ while ‘restoring control at the border’

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Evening Standard

1,000 small boats migrants cross English Channel over bank holiday

989 people in 14 boats arrived in the UK between Friday and Monday according to figures from the Home Office

The Independent UK

Warning issued as police investigation into Post Office Horizon scandal could face five-year delay

Commander Stephen Clayman said the inquiry is “hugely complex”, with eight million documents and counting needing to be forensically reviewed

The Times of India

Man expelled to France under UK asylum arrangement secretly returns

A deported asylum seeker has secretly returned to Britain, living in fear of smugglers and authorities. He claims the UK-France "one in, one out" policy, intended to curb crossings, has driven migrants to more dangerous and expensive methods. He fears being forced into crime to survive, highlighting the policy's unintended…

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t have a life’: man sent to France in ‘one in, one out’ refugee scheme tells of return to UK

Exclusive: ‘Desperate’ man, in hiding after returning in a lorry, says he knows of 18 others from scheme who live in Britain covertly

The Independent UK

Leading universities urge Shabana Mahmood to exempt exceptional students from visa ban

Exclusive: Russell Group universities ask for carve-out from visa ban for Chevening scholars

The Conversation

Net migration and asylum claims have fallen – here’s what the latest figures tell us

The latest figures on immigration to the UK show a sharp decline in net migration, which is now at its lowest point since 2012, excluding the pandemic years.

International Business Times UK

Drug-Driving Crisis: UK Police Test World-First Laughing Gas Breathalyser

UK police are testing the world's first nitrous oxide breathalyser in Southern England, marking a breakthrough in cracking down on drug-driving and improving road safety.

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