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Merseyside objections ended 'inhumane' plan to house asylum seekers in barge off Wirral

Wirral Council leader Paul Stuart said: "This knee-jerk policy is simply unworkable"

Liverpool Echo

Home Office faces legal action over children missing from UK asylum hotels

Charity alleges placing unaccompanied children in hotels is ‘unlawful’ and a national scandal

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Afghan refugees in UK set to be made homeless

Downing Street crisis meeting hears that about 8,000 who arrived under Operation Warm Welcome will be evicted this summer with nowhere to go

The Guardian - UK

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No asylum seeker barge site for Liverpool, says Government

The MP for Birkenhead had described the craft as a 'floating prison ship'

Wales Online

Home Office no longer considering asylum seeker barge site near Liverpool

Peel Ports said it could ‘not see any conceivable scenario’ in which public services locally could support the Birkenhead proposal.

The Independent UK

Home Office backs down on plan for asylum seekers to sleep four to a room

Move follows protest by refugees who had been told they would be sharing small London hotel rooms

The Guardian - UK

Giant vessel housing asylum seekers could be docked in Plymouth

Devon port among south coast sites examined by Home Office staff amid calls for legal challenge to policy

The Guardian - UK

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‘Cruel’ asylum barge plan rejected in London, Sadiq Khan tells Braverman

Labour mayor tells Tory home secretary to ‘abandon’ plan to put small boat arrivals in vessels

The Independent UK

Permission for asylum seeker barge in London rejected, confirms Royal Docks

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he backed the decision as he implored the Home Secretary to abandon her plan to use vessels for refugee accommodation.

The Independent UK

Thursday briefing: The Kherson dam disaster has left thousands of Ukrainians adrift – and that’s just the start

In today’s newsletter: After months of shelling, now thousands have been flooded – a Guardian reporter tells the story on the ground

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan ‘strongly opposed’ to any London asylum seekers barge plan

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he opposes ‘in the strongest possible terms’ any Home Office plans to moor another barge at the Royal Docks.

The Independent UK

UK provided £3m to Turkish border forces to stop migrants, FOI reveals

Investigation shows Home Office funds ‘return and reintegration assistance’ and provides equipment and training to Turkish police

The Guardian - UK

Gang member jailed for smuggling Afghan migrants into UK in makeshift coffins

The migrants were screwed into purpose-built coffin-like hides and smuggled into the country in the back of vans

The Independent UK

Boulders dumped at entrance to hotel planned to house asylum seekers in Llanelli

There is opposition to plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers at the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli

Wales Online

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Daily Mirror

Terminally-ill woman misses out on 'last-ever holiday' after passport blunder

Lisa Cutler has stage four breast cancer and had planned to go to Nessebar in Bulgaria yesterday with her best friend to scatter her late mum's ashes, she is praying she will be well enough to go after her next chemo cycle instead

The Guardian - UK

Cram them into a shoebox: that’s Britain’s new anti-migrant strategy – and it won’t work

Refugees are right to protest about being a plan which forces them into unsuitable accommodation. It’s more cruelty by design, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Independent UK

How much has the Madeleine McCann investigation cost?

Millions of pounds have been spent on case once described as most expensive in Portugal’s history

Wales Online

Terminally ill woman misses last holiday after mistake at passport office

Lisa was planning to feel the sand between her toes for one last time, and scatter her mum's ashes

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Daily Record

Kyogo from Celtic to Tottenham transfer roadblock bulldozed as new rule set to green lit any Premier League move

Record Sport understands the Home Office is expected to relax current work permit regulations which could have scuppered potential moves.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office delays left EU citizens struggling post-Brexit, watchdog says

EU CITIZENS were left struggling to work, rent homes and open bank accounts because of UK Government failures post-Brexit...

The Independent UK

Manston migrant processing facility faces overcrowding, disorder and disease, inspector warns

Inspection finds asylum seekers have attempted suicide

Evening Standard

New disease warning over migrants held at Manston

Severe overcrowding that erupted at the centre last autumn is in danger of being repeated this summer, ministers have been warned

The Independent UK

How much has the Madeleine McCann investigation cost?

Millions of pounds have been spent on case once described as most expensive in Portugal’s history

The Guardian - UK

Reading terrorist had assault charge dropped weeks before attack, court told

CPS and Home Office had ‘miscommunication’ over Khairi Saadallah, who went on to kill three, pre-inquest review hears

The National (Scotland)

Commons suspended before immigration statement by Suella Braverman

PROCEEDINGS in the House of Commons have been suspended after the Home Office gave the opposition insufficient time to prepare a response to a…

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