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Effort to clear asylum backlog could shift pressure to elsewhere in system – MPs

The Government’s current business case for reform of the asylum system is ‘incomplete and unrealistic’, according to the Public Accounts Committee.

The Independent UK

Forcing asylum seekers into shared hotel rooms to cut costs is unsafe, Sunak warned in scathing report

Government has no ‘credible’ plan to end asylum hotels or clear backlog, says cross-party group of MPs

The Independent UK

Watchdog criticises Home Office for dropping farm worker visa review

Exclusive: The government will not now publish a promised review despite calls from non-profits, academics – and its own independent inspector

The Independent UK

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Home Office facing legal action over RAF base housing asylum seekers in blow to plan to stop using hotels

Charity argues RAF Wethersfield is being used as a de facto detention centre and is not suitable as long-term accommodation

The Independent UK

Government faces legal challenge over ‘unlawful segregation’ of asylum seekers

Charity Care4Calais says Wethersfield airbase in Essex is a ‘de facto prison camp’ for about 200 people

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum faces wait for appeal decision in citizenship case

Three judges at the Court of Appeal are expected to give their decision on Ms Begum’s case at a later date.

The Independent UK

Government pays £15.3m for derelict land that sold for £6.3m a year ago

Brownfield site in Bexhill, East Sussex, being considered as a potential detention centre to house asylum seekers

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Scope of armed policing review backed by Met chief

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she wanted officers and the public to have ‘confidence’ in legal processes.

The Independent UK

UK government shame as Afghan refugee faces being sent back to Taliban after admin error

Exclusive: ‘They led him down this road of believing he had a chance and they put him up for months in Islamabad at an eye-watering cost of money. At the end of all this process they’re booting him out’

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum a victim of trafficking when she left Britain for Syria, court told

Lawyers argue Home Office failed to properly consider whether Begum had been groomed before stripping her of UK citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Home Office kicking asylum seekers out of hotels with one week’s notice, MP says

Stella Creasy said ‘no assistance’ is being provided, leading them to resort to local homeless shelters.

The Independent UK

Cutting asylum backlog will mean more homeless refugees, Glasgow council warns

City officials say Home Office has no clear idea where estimated 1,800 people granted refugee status will be housed in city

The Guardian - UK

Companies providing housing for UK asylum seekers make £113m profit

Combined profits of Clearsprings Ready Homes and Stay Belvedere Hotels prompt criticism from refugee charities

The Guardian - UK

Home Office says Northern Ireland exemption to ETA would hit security efforts

An electronic travel authorisation will soon be a requirement for people who do not need a visa to come to the UK.

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Shamima Begum’s citizenship removal ‘unlawful’, Court of Appeal told

The 24-year-old has brought an appeal bid against the decision of a specialist tribunal earlier this year.

The Guardian - UK

Sudanese evacuees in the UK fear limbo as six-month visas begin to expire

Some of the people evacuated by British after civil war broke out say they have received no information from Home Office about their future

The Independent UK

Revealed: Government using AI to decide on benefits and driving licences

Civil servants are relying on AI to make decisions around welfare, immigration and criminal justice

The Independent UK

‘All that is missing is a whip’: How Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

Foreign workers on British farms suffered racism, wage theft, threats and appalling conditions, according to evidence heard by inspectors — but nothing was done. Emiliano Mellino and Matthew Chapman tell the whole story

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The National (Scotland)

Call for clarity over concerns child asylum seekers 'housed in Scottish hotels'

URGENT clarity is needed about whether unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK have been placed in Scottish hotels, MSPs have said.

The Independent UK

Police pledge shoplifting crackdown with facial recognition to make ‘hostile environment’ for thieves

Policing minister declares zero-tolerance approach as shoplifting offences surge by 25 per cent in a year

The Guardian - UK

UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences

Exclusive: findings show uncontrolled and potentially discriminatory way technology used in Whitehall and some police forces

The Independent UK

Migrants brave choppy Channel in latest small boat crossings

At least four boats are understood to have been intercepted as they made the crossing from France.

The Guardian - UK

Conditions at Manston centre for asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’

Watchdog’s report also has ‘serious concerns’ about conditions at Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit

The Independent UK

Exposed: Secret report on UK modern slavery the Home Office didn’t want you to see

Foreign workers on British farms were allegedly starved, abused, denied medical care and financially exploited — so why did the Home Office try to cover up damning evidence from its own inspections?

The National (Scotland)

Home Office slammed for 'reprehensible' plan to use MRI to age assess asylum seekers

THE Scottish Government has hit out at the Home Office for using children as “pawns” over plans to use MRI scanners to determine the age of…

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