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Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from Essex prison, was put on a flight to Ethiopia and arrived on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

London delivery drivers and barbershops targeted as illegal worker arrests hit record high

More than 1,050 people have been deported, the Government said as it vowed to close a loophole so gig economy employers cannot dodge illegal worker fines

Evening Standard

Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to 'stop him disrupting flight to avoid deportation'

Hadush Kebatu was deported on Tuesday evening after being arrested following a huge manhunt when he was wrongly freed from prison

Evening Standard

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Migrant sex offender deported after being mistakenly released from prison

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

The Independent UK

214 held by immigration enforcement for working illegally in Northern Ireland

Across the UK, 8,000 illegal migrants were arrested by Immigration Enforcement from October 2024 to September 2025.

Evening Standard

Quelling public disquiet is worth extra cost of barracks asylum housing, says No 10

Government defends prospect of paying more for barracks, saying people ‘don’t want asylum seekers in hotels’

The Guardian - UK

Should the Home Office be broken up into two units?

The department is once again the subject of debate about whether it is beyond repair after immigration and prison problems

The Guardian - UK

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Man arrested over Uxbridge stabbing entered UK in lorry in 2020, officials say

A 49-year-old man was killed in the incident on Monday evening and two other people were injured.

Evening Standard

Scottish minister criticises ‘lack of engagement’ on asylum seeker barracks plan

Highland Council also expressed worries for ‘community cohesion’.

Evening Standard

Teenager from Gaza ‘stuck in hell’ after being prevented from joining mother in UK

Dania Alafranji, 16, still waiting on visa despite being offered school place in Berkshire 18 months ago

The Guardian - UK

Reform plans to ‘dramatically’ cut civil service numbers if elected despite lack of government experience

Danny Kruger, who defected from the Tories last month, has pledged a ‘more concentrated government machine’

The Independent UK

Housing migrants in barracks worth it to quell public anger despite cost – No 10

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman also rejected suggestions the Government had not moved swiftly enough to grasp the migrant crisis.

Evening Standard

Plans to house UK asylum seekers in barracks are costly and complicated, experts say

Exclusive: Organisations warn using the barracks in Sussex and Inverness may be more expensive than hotels

The Guardian - UK

How and where are asylum seekers given accommodation in the UK?

Most asylum seekers are placed in privately managed houses, flats or rooms in properties of multiple occupancy.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

The real number of asylum seekers in government-funded accommodation

Many asylum seekers are placed in privately managed properties

International Business Times UK

Asylum Hotels To End Soon: Here's How The UK Government Will Do It

UK asylum hotels 2025 crisis: Government eyes military sites for 900 seekers to slash £5.5M daily costs amid squandered billions

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of asylum seekers to be moved to two UK military sites

Barracks in Inverness and East Sussex will house about 900 men as government aims to end use of hotels

The Independent UK

Plans to end asylum hotels ‘won’t save any money’

The government has suggested closing hotels is a bid to appease the public but critics have said it will not save the taxpayer any money

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More military bases could be used to house migrants, says defence minister

Luke Pollard appeared to suggest that the cost of moving migrants into the bases could be higher than housing them in hotels.

The Guardian - UK

This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal

A blistering new report tells a tale of billions wasted and vulnerable people left traumatised, while companies profit from a blundering state, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

Prisons crisis means serious criminals will be mistakenly released again, experts warn

Errors such as accidental release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, are symptomatic of ‘chaos’ in criminal justice system

Evening Standard

Starmer ‘angry’ over asylum accommodation ‘mess left from last government’

It comes as a report published on Monday said that billions of pounds had been ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement.

The Independent UK

Home Office could move asylum seekers into pop-up buildings as it scrambles over migrant hotel crisis

Minister says plans to move away from using migrant hotels will be announced ‘within weeks’

The Independent UK

Progress on ending asylum hotels to be announced ‘within weeks’ – minister

Steve Reed said the Government was looking at ‘modular’ forms of building to ensure sites could go up quickly.

The Independent UK

Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home Office ‘incompetence’

Home Office oversight over asylum accommodation is chaotic and incompetent, causing costs to spiral, influential group of MPs warns

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