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Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge due to fire safety fears

THE Home Office has been forced to delay moving asylum seekers on to a giant barge in order to carry out last minute fire-safety checks.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge over fire safety fears

Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’

The Guardian - UK

‘What is the Bibby Stockholm?’: Home Office not telling asylum seekers they are being moved to a barge

Exclusive: Lawyers reviewing one-page notices arriving in hotels, amid confusion and concern

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‘Final preparations’ taking place to house asylum seekers on barge

The Home Office had been expecting to send an initial group of people to the accommodation in Portland, Dorset, on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

First asylum seekers to move on to UK’s migrant barge despite fire warnings

‘It’s the getting down off it that’s the issue - everybody panics when there’s a fire,’ local councillor warns

The Independent UK

‘Floating Grenfell’ fears for government’s asylum seeker barge

The facility will eventually host about 500 men at a time

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm barge faces fire safety concerns – reports

The Times reported serious fire safety concerns about the vessel and that fire service approval remains pending.

The Independent UK

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Home Office crackdown to block criminals getting citizenship

Tougher application rules will be applied to anyone who has received a 12-month prison sentence

The Independent UK

Family firm hosting controversial migrant barge donated £70,000 to UKIP

A family firm that is hosting the UK Government’s controversial migrant barge has been revealed to be a major UKIP donor.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office crackdown to block criminals getting citizenship

Tougher application rules will be applied to anyone who has received a 12-month prison sentence

The Independent UK

Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’

Serious privacy concerns raised about the technology which has been deployed by some shops to help prevent theft

The Independent UK

Home Office has ‘questions to answer’ over facial recognition stance

Officials reportedly agreed to write to the independent privacy watchdog about the potential benefits of facial recognition technology in shops.

The Independent UK

Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting

Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces

The Guardian - UK

‘Migrant marquees’: Braverman accused of new low in government’s ‘stop the boats’ plan

Home secretary buys tents to house 2,000 migrants expected in summer surge across the English Channel

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‘Failing to do basic research’: Home Office forced to delay plans to move asylum seekers into RAF base

‘Most intelligent people would assess the situation first and then make a decision,’ official says

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers unsure how many child asylum seekers placed in hotels

Peer’s questions reveal government cannot give total number or age of youngest due to poor record-keeping

The Independent UK

Plans to move 2,000 migrants into RAF Scampton ‘delayed until October’

The Home Office had indicated the first group of migrants would begin arriving at the former airbase in August.

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers accused over asylum backlogs after 2,000 tents bought

Labour hits out at ‘flailing’ government for failing to process asylum claims more quickly

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The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan defends Ulez expansion and says high court challenge wasted Londoners’ money – as it happened

Mayor says he believes £1m was spent on court case as five Conservative-led councils took action over plans to expand zone

The Guardian - UK

Home Office buys tents to house asylum seekers

Report says that up to 2,000 people could be placed in marquees despite possibility of legal action against plan

The Guardian - UK

Home Office is racist for blocking Siyabonga Twala from returning

Letter: Dr Wanda Wyporska calls out the home secretary for intervening in the case

The Guardian - UK

First 50 people coming to Bibby Stockholm asylum barge despite safety worries

Fire safety concerns and lack of lifejackets noted on the 500-capacity barge, moored in Portland, Dorset

The Independent UK

All of Prince Harry’s ongoing legal battles explained from phone hacking to personal security

Harry has been involved in six legal cases – over security, privacy, alleged libel and alleged unlawful information-gathering

The Independent UK

Housing child asylum seekers in hotels unlawful for over 18 months, judge rules

The Home Office’s use of hotels to house unaccompanied child asylum seekers has been unlawful since December 2021, Mr Justice Chamberlain said.

The Independent UK

Home Office unlawfully putting lone child asylum seekers in hotels, High Court rules

High Court says 154 children remain missing from hotels, as judge warns of ‘criminal exploitation’

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