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Migrant airlifted and 100 others rescued after Channel ‘taxi boat’ incident

It comes after a new small boats deal was agreed with France.

Evening Standard

Mahmood’s plans to detain and handcuff children during deportation are ‘abhorrent’, 150 charities warn Starmer

Fostering groups, social care workers and refugee charities accuse government of ‘sustained attack on children’s rights’

The Independent UK

Migrants make crossing to UK after small boats deal clinched with France

More than a dozen people were pictured being brought into the Border Security Command compound in Dover.

The Independent UK

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Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectations

The Guardian - UK

Self-styled king of ‘African tribe’ deported from country

Kofi Offeh was part of the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala, which was located in a camp in woodland near Jedburgh.

The Independent UK

Three men guilty of repeatedly raping woman on Brighton beach in ‘predatory, callous’ attack

Woman raped by two men while a third filmed ordeal after she became separated from friends on night out

The Guardian - UK

Police aim to remove hundreds of migrants from French beaches under £662m deal

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a three-year £662 million agreement with France in Dunkirk on Thursday.

Evening Standard

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UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new £660m deal with French

The Guardian - UK

UK to pay France extra cash to stop small boat crossings – but only if it works

Some of UK funding for French police will be conditional on success in stopping Channel crossings

The Independent UK

UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings

Three-year deal includes funding for a riot squad to ‘disperse’ people trying to board small boats

The Guardian - UK

West London shop to stay open despite illegal worker paid below minimum wage

The worker had his protection claim with the Home Office withdrawn in 2023 meaning he had no right to work in the UK for three years when found at Oldfield Circus Local

Evening Standard

Sir Hayden Phillips

Senior civil servant regarded as the ‘mandarin’s mandarin’ who worked in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, the Treasury and at the European Commission

The Guardian - UK

US Influencer Who Said 'Muslim Rapists' Were Taking Over UK Barred From Entering for 'Unite the Kingdom' March

US influencer Valentina Gomez barred from UK rally due to public order concerns. Her inflammatory rhetoric has sparked debate on free speech and public safety

International Business Times UK

There is something wrong with the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people – but it’s not fake claimants

An undercover investigation by BBC News has found evidence of people falsely claiming to be gay to gain asylum in the UK. The findings are concerning. But rather than assume this means all asylum applicants are lying, it’s worth asking why people might be drawn to this route.

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Evening Standard

Home Office branded 'cruel' as father who lost entire family in Air India jet crash booted out of UK

Mohammad Shethwala, dependent on his wife for his British visa, had his request for an extension rejected

The Guardian - UK

Home Office could face hundreds of claims over asylum families in single rooms

Judge in case of two families housed for years in single hotel rooms says they should have been moved within three months

The Guardian - UK

More than half of Windrush compensation claims rejected by Home Office, report finds

Data shows only a third of concluded claims in scheme for those wrongly classed as illegal migrants resulted in pay outs

The Conversation

Legal aid for asylum seekers is hard to come by – it’s no wonder criminal advisers are taking advantage

The Home Office is investigating after a BBC report found evidence of a “sham industry” of immigration advisers helping people fabricate asylum claims.

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office ‘red flag’ error leaves German mother separated from toddler in UK

Liza Tobay was told settled status had been ‘red flagged’ when she tried to fly home from Germany to Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Douglas Lees obituary

Other lives: Architect who designed prisons and new town developments as well as loft conversions and granny flats for his village neighbours

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan student could be deported from UK after one-day student fee delay

Coventry University reported Navodya De Silva, 25, to Home Office after £8,000 arrived late, causing termination of visa

International Business Times UK

UK Government Plans to Close All Asylum Hotels Before Election, Leaving Migrants Facing Possible Eviction

Discover how the UK government's closure of asylum hotels impacts immigration policy and local communities. Learn about the shift to alternative accommodations and the political reactions to these changes.

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Kanye West scraps show in France

Controversial rapper Kanye West has postponed a concert in France "until further notice" just days after he was blocked from entering the UK to perform at the Wireless Festival in London.

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker hotels had 'spiralled out of control' as 11 more are closed

The number of hotels used to house asylum seekers is now 185, having peaked at around 400 under the Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved from hotels to army barracks, Home Office announces

Refugee Council criticises Labour’s decision, saying military sites are unsuitable and ‘more expensive than hotels’

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