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The Latest Breaking News from the Home Office

Cost of UK passport to soar to as much as £222 under government price hike plans

From April 10, Britons will pay almost 7% more to process their passports if the plan is signed off by Parliament

Evening Standard

Mass asylum seeker accommodation at Napier barracks to close

After years of controversy over poor conditions, Kent site will be handed back to Ministry of Defence in September

The Guardian - UK

Plan to slash lengthy passport queues with new facial recognition scans

Travellers will no longer have to leave their cars or pass over their passports when driving through ‘contactless corridors’

The Independent UK

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What is the UK Skilled Worker visa and would I be eligible for one?

Spike in applicants suggests confusion around visa type, National Audit Office finds

Evening Standard

Red Cross had to take £220,000 from disaster fund to clothe asylum seekers in UK

Fund is for UK and overseas emergencies but was used to help 12,000 people, some of whom had contracted scabies

The Guardian - UK

UK work visa changes criticised as new immigration rules loom

There had been a significant increase in the number of people holding a Skilled Worker visa claiming asylum in the UK

Evening Standard

Distinguished Oxford Historian Faces Deportation From UK After Overstaying In India: Who Is Manikarnika Dutta

Dr. Manikarnika Dutta, a respected Indian historian and Oxford alumna, faces deportation from the UK after her application for ILR was denied.

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Asylum application system struggling to cope after 485% surge in appeals

In the last three months alone 12,183 appeals have been lodged.

The Independent UK

Couple who found migrant hiding in campervan have £1,500 fine cancelled

The couple warned that the Home Office should review the policy to make sure no other holidaymakers are targeted

The Independent UK

Fine cancelled for couple who found immigrant in motorhome’s bike rack

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had said the Home Office would look into the case.

Evening Standard

Essex couple’s £1,500 fine for reporting Channel stowaway is cancelled

Adrian and Joanne Fenton hit with penalty after calling police when they found a boy hiding inside bike-rack cover

The Guardian - UK

Flawed UK visa scheme led to ‘horrific’ care worker abuse, says watchdog

Anti-slavery commissioner says scheme to plug staffing gaps post-Brexit was a ‘blunt instrument’ that enabled exploitation of the vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India

Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for study

The Guardian - UK

Exploited, recognised as a slavery victim, now facing deportation: one seafarer’s UK ordeal

After years of helping Scottish criminal investigations and despite fearing for his life in India, Vishal Sharma’s asylum claim has been rejected

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Apple’s UK encryption legal challenge heard behind closed doors

Media organisations including the Guardian and the BBC fail to gain entry to proceedings

Evening Standard

Government ‘unlawfully’ housed asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield – High Court

Four former residents of RAF Wethersfield brought legal action against the Home Office.

The Independent UK

Drunk, high driver was on bail when he killed a much loved father - the victim’s family now want tougher laws

Tim Burgess was killed in July last year by a man who had been released on bail for drink driving days before

The Guardian - UK

What could Apple’s legal challenge mean for data protection?

The UK’s battle for access to encrypted services could define how companies are able to safeguard customer data in the future

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Evening Standard

Starmer says welfare system indefensible on ‘moral’ terms amid backlash

The Prime Minister denied Britain would be ‘returning to austerity’ under the changes but said the cost of benefits was ‘going through the roof.’

Evening Standard

Half of staff at restaurant used in Netflix Black Doves thriller working illegally, Home Office raid revealed

Exclusive: The owners of dim sum restaurant Fei Er Cottage, near St James’s Park, are facing sanctions and fines of up to £240,000

Evening Standard

New estimate ‘shows scale of exploitation on Wild West care visa route’

More than 39,000 workers were associated with sponsors who had their licences revoked in recent years.

The Guardian - UK

Apple to appeal against UK government data demand at secret high court hearing

Guardian understands tech company’s appeal against Home Office request for encrypted data is to be heard by tribunal on Friday

Evening Standard

New UK visa rules for carers, skilled workers and students announced

The minimum salary required for Skilled Worker visas is being increased

The Independent UK

Starmer: Home Office to examine case of couple fined over immigrant in bike rack

Conservative former minister Sir John Whittingdale, who raised the case in the Commons, said the couple should be ‘thanked rather than punished’.

Evening Standard

Antonia Romeo named as new top civil servant at the Home Office

Dame Antonia replaces Sir Matthew Rycroft, who announced in February he would leave the Home Office after a 35-year Civil Service career.

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