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'People are worried about their children': Concerns over plight of Afghan refugees

SERIOUS concerns have been voiced over the plight of hundreds of Afghan refugees in Scottish hotels who are still waiting for homes.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office accused of ‘blocking’ MPs from helping asylum seeker constituents

Exclusive: The Home Office is ‘putting more barriers’ in the way of vulnerable people seeking help, a Labour MP claimed

The Independent UK

Trained medics who could ease NHS crisis stuck in asylum limbo

Doctors and dentists whose skills are being squandered while they languish in the Home Office backlog tell of their frustration

The Guardian - UK

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The real life Gavin and Stacey who are being deported from Barry by the Home Office

'Please do not separate a loving couple that just wants to live in peace and contribute to their home town of Barry'

Wales Online

Public demands more help for Afghan heroes as mass rejections under discredited schemes revealed

Exclusive: Five times as many people rejected for Afghan resettlement scheme as are accepted

The Independent UK

Why the ‘10-week rule’ for passport issue is here to stay

The Man Who Pays His Way: Revelations for travellers lie deep within an MPs’ report

The Independent UK

Student faces deportation from UK after arriving early for course at university’s request

A mix-up on dates meant Rasikh Aziz travelled from Pakistan too soon. Now the University of Law has reported him to the Home Office

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office admits no evidence to support key claim on small boat crossings

Exclusive: UK government concedes it cannot substantiate assertion that majority crossing Channel are economic migrants

The Guardian - UK

Why does the Tory plan to house asylum seekers on barges sound Dickensian? Because it is

18th-century prison hulks were ‘floating hells’. Only properly financed immigration centres will solve today’s problems, says historian Anna McKay

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a blocked gate I can’t climb over’: a Windrush victim’s DWP impasse

After 13 years of being shut out of the workplace due to documentation problems, Joseph Mowlah-Baksh was denied benefits – and left unaware of assistance programmes

The Guardian - UK

Home Office forced to put on hold plans to house asylum seekers at ex-RAF airbase

Braintree District Council, which opposes the plans, said in a statement it has been given the green light for an injunction hearing at the High Court on April 19

Daily Mirror

People suspected of living illegally in UK to have bank accounts closed

Reinstatement of controversial hostile environment policy comes as Windrush campaigners protest government’s axing of key reforms

The Guardian - UK

Windrush legal action started over Suella Braverman's 'broken promises'

The Black Equity Organisation has sent legal papers to the Home Secretary on the fifth anniversary of the horrendous failings - which saw British citizens deported and denied access to healthcare - coming to light

Daily Mirror

Liverpool firm defends barge involved in controversial government asylum seeker plan

Bibby Marine Limited is based in Liverpool and the owner of the Bibby Stockholm vessel at the centre of the government's plans

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Daily Mirror

Prince Harry and Meghan's Coronation indecision causing 3 key 'headaches' for organisers

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urgently need to make a decision on whether they will attend the Coronation - with organises hoping it's resolved soon with just a month to go

The Independent UK

Use of barges and RAF sites to house migrants is evidence of failure – Starmer

The Government should focus on tackling the backlog of asylum claims, the Labour leader said.

The Week

The cost of housing asylum seekers examined

With the UK struggling to process record numbers of asylum seekers arriving on its shores, questions continue to be asked about the cost of the country’s immigration policy.

The Independent UK

Inside the floating barge that’s set to hold 500 asylum seekers in Dorset

With “natural ventilation and wi-fi connection throughout”, the barge can accommodate up to 506 people across 222 bedrooms

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The Guardian - UK

Dorset asylum seeker barge will not be like a prison, says minister

But Richard Holden also says efforts will be made to avoid people needing to leave port to access local services

Birmingham Post

Home office confirms plans to house asylum seekers on barge at Dorset's Portland Port

The barge, called the Bibby Stockholm, will be berthed in Portland Port for at least 18 months

The Independent UK

UK halts removal of Nepalese security guards who worked at British embassy in Kabul

Some of Nepalese men who were detained have been released

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman facing legal action over broken Windrush pledges

Suella Braverman rowed back on recommendations made following a scathing review into how the Windrush scandal unfolded

The Guardian - UK

Civil rights group launches legal action over ‘shattered’ Windrush promises

Black Equity Organisation seeks judicial review over Suella Braverman’s decision to drop three reform commitments

The Independent UK

Government must stick to its promises in wake of Windrush scandal, PM told

The scandal saw British citizens, mostly from the Caribbean, wrongly detained, deported or threatened with deportation.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office pauses removal of three Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Fourth man is released from detention after arrest in March of 10 guards who protected UK embassy staff in Afghanistan

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