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Migrants’ phones and sim cards to be seized without need for arrest in latest small boats crackdown

Prime minister Keir Starmer said he had ordered the Home Office to close asylum hotels before the current 2029 deadline

The Independent UK

Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: How the Home Office denied a British-born man his citizenship for 15 years

In today’s newsletter: Born in London but he spent years fearing detention and deportation. Olu Sowemimo’s story reveals the hidden consequences of Britain’s nationality system

The Guardian - UK

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Top European court demands answers from UK over stripping of Shamima Begum’s citizenship

ECHR has asked the Home Office about the decision, after she travelled to join Islamic State as a teenager

The Independent UK

New British passport to feature king’s coat of arms and enhanced security

Document said to be ‘most secure ever’ has anti-forgery holographs and depicts beauty spots from all four nations

The Guardian - UK

UK Passport: Home Office Unveils 'Most Secure Ever' Document With New Royal Cypher

The Home Office has unveiled Britain's most secure passport ever, featuring King Charles III's coat of arms and revolutionary anti-counterfeiting technology.

International Business Times UK

Alaa Abd el-Fattah ‘will not be stripped of British citizenship’ over past tweets

Government sources say social media posts by British-Egyptian activist do not meet legal bar for such sanction

The Guardian - UK

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Nigel Farage Warns Civil Servants: Pensions Could Be Stripped Over Migrant Sex Crimes

Nigel Farage has unveiled a Reform UK plan to prosecute civil servants and strip pensions if migrant sex offenders are allowed into the country.

International Business Times UK

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp Slams Home Office for Giving Migrants 'Red-Carpet Treatment'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp slammed the Home Office for offering healthcare to deported migrants after a GP job post at a detention centre.

International Business Times UK

Angola and Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants after visa ban threat

Shabana Mahmood earlier warned she could stop issuing visas to foreign nationals from certain countries

The Independent UK

Immigration Officer Accused of Fraudulently Securing UK Visa in Corruption Probe; Six Other Officers Charged

Six officers charged with migrant theft; one officer allegedly entered the UK by deception while serving in immigration. Court hearing set for Jan 29.

International Business Times UK

‘Too good to be true’: parents warned to check before they buy amid flood of counterfeit toys

Border Force warns knock-off Labubu dolls and similar items can be dangerous, and sales fund criminal networks

The Guardian - UK

Deputy leader Lucy Powell says Labour must ‘stick to manifesto’ over EU customs union, in implicit rebuke to Streeting – as it happened

No 10 has largely played down health secretary’s comments

The Guardian - UK

First asylum seekers due at Sussex barracks in weeks as council joins legal action against Home Office

Crowborough military base is understood to be being prepared for 540 male migrants to arrive in the New Year as part of the Government's bid to reduce the use of asylum hotels

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

First asylum seekers expected to arrive in East Sussex barracks in new year

Government has vowed to end use of asylum hotels and plans to send first men to Crowborough site within weeks

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum seekers not widely abusing modern slavery rules, report finds

Exclusive: Thinktank’s findings undermine successive home secretaries’ statements about misuse of system in England and Wales

The Independent UK

Revealed: ‘Frightening’ surge in police officers convicted of sexual offences since Sarah Everard’s murder

Data obtained from police forces in England and Wales show the scale of sexual convictions for police officers, figures the Home Office describes as ‘shameful’

The Independent UK

‘I was left homeless after the Home Office claimed I wasn’t a child – here’s why AI age checks are dangerous for migrants like me’

MIGRANT CRISIS : The Home Office has advertised a £1.3m contract for an algorithm that can ‘accurately predict someone’s age’. One former asylum seeker tells Holly Bancroft why he thinks this could go very wrong

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The Guardian - UK

Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts

Lawyers argue ‘cumulative disruption’ regulations were quashed in May and should therefore not be used

The Guardian - UK

UK’s first military barracks housing asylum seekers closes after six years

Napier barracks in Folkestone faced multiple problems, from far-right protests to damning ruling over safeguarding issues

The Guardian - UK

Thousands to avoid Christmas on streets as Home Office ordered to delay refugee evictions

Move-on period extended from 28 days to 56 days if person recently granted refugee status is at risk of sleeping rough

Evening Standard

How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Dozens more make small boat journey as 2025 total passes 40k

There were 74 arrivals in one boat recorded by the Home Office on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

What the media get wrong on the ECHR and ‘the right to family life’

Letter: Retired immigration judge Jane Coker points out that it’s the right to respect for family life that the European convention on human rights protects

The Guardian - UK

Home Office fails to protect vulnerable migrants, high court judge rules

Judgement finds systems designed to protect against inhuman and degrading treatment ‘unlawfully’ failing for years

The Guardian - UK

Woman who fled rape and torture in DRC wins UK citizenship case after Home Office U-turn

Victory thought to be first under new policy that normally refuses applicants such as refugees who enter illegally

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