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UK ministers knew of ‘significant’ synthetic opioids threat two years ago

Despite warnings from government’s own advisers to protect people from ‘severe harm’, new controls on potent drugs follow months of delays

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow Airport Border Force staff vote to strike over shift patterns

Members are angry over planned alterations to their shift patterns

Evening Standard

Kent council’s housing for lone child asylum seekers ‘may run out’ in March

High court told 3,541 unaccompanied children could arrive on small boats but Kent county council can accommodate only 1,631

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak's New Housing for Asylum Seekers Will Cost Taxpayers a Shocking £46m

A scathing report by the spending watchdog shows Sunak's plan for asylum seekers to be housed across RAF sites and in a barge will cost £46 million extra.

International Business Times UK

Police suspected of on-duty offences to be dealt with faster, Home Office says

Only cases with ‘reasonable prospect of conviction’ will be referred for criminal prosecution

The Guardian - UK

Plans to move asylum seekers from hotels in tatters after NAO report

Report also discloses approval was rushed through without developing safety plans or consulting councils

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda bill could become law without independent scrutiny, says ex-watchdog

David Neal says government failed to publish his report on conditions for asylum seekers in east Africa country

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office attempt to deport UK-born man was illegal, judge says

Tribunal finds that Dmitry Lima, who has never left the UK, is British citizen and should not be deported to Portugal

The Guardian - UK

Home Office condemns ‘cruel’ Rwanda phone scam targeting asylum seekers

Scammers claim they can help people go to Rwanda in exchange for £3,000 government payment

The Guardian - UK

Vulnerable man pleads with UK government to block extradition to US

Diogo Santos Coelho from Portugal faces a 52-year sentence for alleged cybercrime relating to RaidForums site

The Guardian - UK

‘Their system is broken’: the people caught up in Home Office IT chaos

Thousands left with wrong photos and immigration status as database mixes up identities, affecting ability to work or claim benefits

The Guardian - UK

Home Office immigration database errors hit more than 76,000 people

Names, photos and immigration status being mixed up, preventing people applying for jobs and housing

The Guardian - UK

Call for refugees in UK to have twice as long to find homes after hotel evictions

Exclusive: Charities say Home Office should allow 56 days after near 1,000% rise in rough sleeping among accommodation leavers

The Guardian - UK

Home Office use of GPS tag on father-of-five found unlawful in first court case of its kind

The Home Office failed to regularly review the tag, which was non-functional for a period of 197 days

Evening Standard

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Post-Grenfell evacuation guidelines ‘little or no help’, say firefighters

Union writes to home secretary saying advice on helping vulnerable residents in towers is inadequate

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UK grants asylum to Palestinian citizen of Israel in ‘seismic’ U-turn

‘Hasan’, who has spent most of his life in Britain, says he would have faced persecution if returned to Israel.

The Guardian - UK

UK home care workers cannot work as visa regime tightened, says employer

Grosvenor says it is prevented from making 3,000 visits a week as it pays migrant workers to sit at home because permits not renewed

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian citizen of Israel granted UK asylum in case said to be unprecedented

‘Hasan’, 24, argued he would face persecution in Israel on grounds of his race, faith and its ‘apartheid regime’

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office food provision leaving some asylum seekers malnourished – report

Research claims people have been hospitalised and children are ‘crying with hunger’ due to poor quality of food from contractors

The Guardian - UK

Home Office to accept calls for inquiry into asylum seeker centre, say sources

Ministers said to have dropped opposition to inquiry into alleged assaults and mistreatment of people at Manston centre

The Guardian - UK

Home Office breaks pledge to fund sex-crime research after Everard murder

Government was to look at whether offenders tend to commit increasingly serious crimes after outcry over warning signs with police officer Wayne Couzens

The Guardian - UK

Home Office admits it does not tell families when asylum seekers die in its care

Department says it does not want to reveal details of deaths publicly in case it ‘endangers relatives’ mental health’

The Guardian - UK

‘Impossible numbers’: where could Jeremy Hunt’s budget cuts fall?

‘Unprotected’ departments face a 13% real-terms cut – although it may never actually be implemented

Top News

Ja Rule Denied Entry Into UK For Tour Due To Record

Ja Rule, the rapper, faces visa denial for UK tour due to criminal record, disappointing fans.

International Business Times UK

Afghan Youth Orchestra Welcomed to UK After Home Office U-Turn and Border War Debates

More than 40 Afghanistan nationals have now had their performance visas granted, following a last-minute refusal from the Home Office.

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