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Home Office fails to collect 'basic information' about UK visa holders, MPs warn

An inquiry has revealed that data on whether someone left the UK after their visa expired was not collected by the government

Evening Standard

Home Office unaware how many might have overstayed skilled worker visa, MPs warn

The Public Accounts Committee said the Home Office had not analysed exit checks since the skilled worker visa route was introduced in 2020.

Evening Standard

Rollout of eVisas ‘could drag 200,000 people into Windrush-style scandal’

Fears those without immigration details on computer systems could become undocumented as Home Office digitises records

The Guardian - UK

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Ban on Palestine Action clears Parliament but faces legal challenge

The House of Lords backed proscribing the group under the Terrorism Act 2000 without a vote.

Evening Standard

Alleged people smuggling gang member ‘made millions while on Universal Credit’

The group is believed to have used visas of people with legitimate status in the UK to aid the arrival of over 500 Gambian citizens.

Evening Standard

MPs vote to proscribe Palestine Action as terror organisation

The House of Commons voted 385 to 26, a majority of 359, in favour of proscribing the group

Evening Standard

MPs back proscribing direct action group Palestine Action as terror organisation

Legislation passed in the Commons on Wednesday as MPs voted 385 to 26, majority 359 in favour of proscribing the group under the Terrorism Act 2000.

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MPs back Government bid to strip citizenship from ‘extremists’ during appeals

Security minister Dan Jarvis described ‘keeping our country safe’ as an ‘awesome task’.

Evening Standard

UK food delivery firms step up checks after claims of illegal workers

Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat to increase use of facial verification after ministers raise concerns

The Guardian - UK

How the UK became dependent on asylum hotels

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s pledge to “end the costly use of asylum hotels in this parliament” is a rare thing in British politics: a policy supported by all major political parties and a range of refugee charities.

The Conversation

London cafe with royal link could be forced to close

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The Independent UK

Princess Diana’s favourite café risks closure over ‘illegal migrant workers and paying staff in food’

Café Diana, which was often frequented by the late Princess of Wales, also accused of allowing unlawful smoking of shisha

The Independent UK

UK government agency not accepting eVisas as ID from job applicants

Home Office says system changes needed at SIA to allow eVisas, prompting fears of another Windrush-type scandal

The Guardian - UK

Man criticises Home Office for keeping visa fee of wife who died before reaching UK

Mohamed Jama says the Home Office should refund the £3,105 immigration health surcharge because his wife never made it to the UK

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Home Office staff concerned about ‘absurd’ Palestine Action ban, says senior civil servant

Anonymous source describes ‘tense atmosphere’ after Yvette Cooper announced plans to proscribe protest group

Evening Standard

Border Force seizes £96m cocaine haul at London Gateway in one of UK’s biggest busts

The 2.4 tonne find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began.

The Independent UK

Border Force seizes 2.4 tonnes of cocaine in one of UK’s largest-ever busts

The £96 million find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainians who fled to UK being refused asylum on grounds it is ‘safe to return’

Law firm says it hears weekly from Ukrainians, including vulnerable women and children, who were turned down

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The Guardian - UK

Ronald Clarke obituary

Crime scientist keen to severely limit the opportunities open to offenders rather than look for a tendency to offend

Evening Standard

Illegal workers repeatedly hired at famous Kensington café dedicated to Princess Diana

Some staff at Café Diana, which opened in 1989 opposite the gates of Kensington Palace, claimed they were being paid in food

Evening Standard

OPINION - Letting illegal migrants work as delivery drivers is destroying London's social fabric

Last Friday, I made an unannounced visit to an asylum hotel in central London. I found clear evidence of illegal working.

The National (Scotland)

Israel’s largest weapons firm lobbied Home Office on Palestine Action court case

ISRAEL’S largest weapons firm lobbied the Home Office for a retrial after criminal charges against Palestine Action’s co-founders were…

Evening Standard

‘Clear evidence’ asylum seekers living in London hotel ‘working illegally as delivery drivers’

Bikes and bags with Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo branding were filmed parked at an asylum hotel in central London

The Guardian - UK

British man says he fears for family trapped in Iran by Home Office appeal

US bombing increases fears for man’s parents and sister, who won tribunal ruling that they had right to live in UK

Evening Standard

Migrant hotel stays prolonged as record numbers appeal rejected asylum claims

There were 50,976 outstanding appeals as of March, which is almost double the number compared to 2024

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