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Deleted Home Office tweet implies Suella Braverman is a 'great injustice'

Even the Home Office seems to have had enough of Suella Braverman...

The National (Scotland)

Photos show squalid conditions at East Sussex site chosen to house asylum seekers

Campaigners say Home Office’s plans to use Bexhill site may retraumatise those fleeing oppressive regimes

The Guardian - UK

Passport Office staff go on strike, how will that affect you?

The Government says that applications will take up to 10 weeks and their guidance will not change

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MP calls for 'clear timetable' on when asylum seekers will leave hotels near Nottinghamshire

The Home Office says it will not comment on commercial arrangements with individual sites

Nottingham Post

Suella Braverman's refugee barge plan in chaos as Tory MP threatens to take her to court

Tory MP Richard Drax said legal action is being looked at as he called on Suella Braverman to scrap the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on a barge in Dorset

Daily Mirror

‘We must give him asylum’: Peer who fled Nazis accuses ministers of ‘cruelty’ over Afghan war hero

Lord Dubs urges Sunak and Braverman to stop hiding behind ‘bureaucracy’ and help a war veteran in need

The Independent UK

Tory MP issues legal threat over plan to house migrants on barge

Portland Port in Dorset has been selected as a site to house migrants, despite local opposition.

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Tory MP issues legal threat over plan to put migrants on ‘floatel’ barge in Dorset

‘We will look at any way we can stop this’, says Richard Drax

The Independent UK

Pictured: 1970s Mega-barge Bibby Stockholm Government wants to use to house 500 refugees

Leaked Home Office documents claimed plans to put asylum seekers on vessels were rejected last year - due to it being more expensive than using hotels

Evening Standard

Home Office to announce barge as accommodation for asylum seekers

The Bibby Stockholm is said to have more than 220 bedrooms and facilities including a gym and bar

The Guardian - UK

Councils seeking ‘urgent’ answers from Government over site for asylum seekers

Councils for the Bexhill area are seeking information on how to respond to residents’ queries about plans for the former Northeye prison.

The Independent UK

The UK spent a third of its international aid budget on refugees in the UK – what it's paying for, and why it's a problem

A third of the UK’s international aid budget was spent supporting refugees in the UK in 2022. A new report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) details the £3.5 billion expense, a threefold increase on 2021, and about 12 times the amount spent in 2015.

The Conversation

Rape victim criticises Home Secretary over system ‘flaws’ in letter shared by MP

Labour MP Jess Phillips said the victim had waited 562 days for the Home Office to recognise her situation.

The Independent UK

Passport warning as holidaymakers issued urgent new guidance as strike begins

Those looking to travel this summer are being urged not to make plans until they receive their new passport.

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Manchester Evening News

How will the Passport Office strike affect your travel plans

More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union begin a five week walk out today (Monday)

The National (Scotland)

Afghan woman who 'feared for her life' tells of relief as visa refusal overturned

Maryam, a community activist who has spoken out against the Taliban, said she felt threatened and scared of dying if she was forced to return to…

Glasgow Live

Afghan woman living in Glasgow speaks of relief after visa refusal overturned

The Home Office had previously said Maryam did not meet the criteria for a new spousal visa, despite being married to a former British Army interpreter and speaking out against the Taliban.

Daily Record

Woman who feared being sent back to Afghanistan speaks of joy at staying in Scotland

Maryam, a community activist who has spoken out against the Taliban and its approach to women’s rights, said she felt threatened and scared of dying if she was forced to return.

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The Guardian - UK

In the post-Brexit wreckage, just one Tory strategy remains: the theatre of cruelty

Ministers have abandoned basic decency while targeting asylum seekers. Anything to distract from their failures elsewhere, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Independent UK

Afghan woman tells of relief as visa refusal overturned

Community activist Maryam has spoken out against the Taliban and its approach to women’s rights.

Daily Record

Controversial Scots shooting competition allows gun activist with revoked licence to take part

Callum Long-Collins, 31, was stripped of his gun licences seven years ago after police said his social media had become a “forum for extremism”.

Daily Mirror

Pictured: Three-storey barge that could become floating hotel for refugees

Sources at the Barbados Maritime Ship Registry confirmed the Home Office wants to charter the vessel from Liverpool-based Bibby Marine

The Guardian - UK

Death of detainee near Heathrow prompts immigration detention crisis fears

Frank Ospina’s death followed by reports of suicide attempts by other detainees at immigration centre

Glasgow Live

Glasgow MP wins battle to save woman from being sent back to Afghanistan after visa refused

Alison Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central, has won her fight to stop constituent Maryam Amiri from being sent back to Afghanistan where the advocate for women's rights faces danger

Evening Standard

Council launches legal action against Home Office’s ‘irrational’ asylum seeker plan

The Minister for Immigration announced plans on Wednesday to use RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire as a site for up to 2,000 asylum seekers

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