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UK Not Supplying Migrant Boats Information to France Says French Audit Report

A recent report, published by a French audit organisation, accused the UK government of supplying un-crosschecked patchy information, which prevented France from stopping migrant boats across the English Channel.

International Business Times UK

Statistics watchdog to investigate Sunak’s claims about clearing asylum backlog

The prime minister had claimed that the government have cleared the asylum backlog – despite nearly 100,000 cases remaining

The Independent UK

Statistics watchdog to scrutinise Sunak’s claim the asylum backlog has been ‘cleared’

The UK Statistics Authority said the announcement would be investigated

Evening Standard

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Watchdog launches probe into Rishi Sunak’s claim that asylum backlog ‘cleared’

Rishi Sunak’s claim that ministers have “cleared” the asylum backlog is being investigated by the official statistics watchdog after…

The National (Scotland)

Leonard Farruku: Fundraiser for man who died on Bibby Stockholm close to doubling £10,000 target

The family of Leonard Farruku launched an appeal to help repatriate his body to Albania

Evening Standard

Family of man who died on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to bring body home

THE family of a man believed to have killed himself on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland have said they have had to turn to crowdfunding to…

The National (Scotland)

Family of man found dead on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to repatriate his body

Leonard Farruku’s family ‘facing a double tragedy with not being able to have his body back home’ in Albania

The Guardian - UK

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Immigration statistics row kicks off general election year

Future debates will focus on government promises and use of Home Office statistics

The Guardian - UK

Met Police Reports Hamas Attack on Israel Caused Rise In Antisemitic Incidents And Islamophobic Hate Crimes

Religious hate crime data collected by the Metropolitan Police showed a shocking level of antisemitic incidents in the UK as figures went from below 50 to above 200 after the Hamas attack on Israel.

International Business Times UK

When is an asylum backlog not a backlog? When Rishi Sunak says he has ‘cleared it’

The Home Office claims to have fulfilled all its promises. Here’s what the numbers really tell us, says civil liberties writer Diane Taylor

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak engulfed by row over ‘false’ asylum statistics as 100,000 migrants still stuck in backlog

Labour accused the PM of ‘barefaced lie’ after figures showed 4,500 so-called legacy claims are still outstanding

The Independent UK

Cleverly says UK asylum backlog cleared as almost 100,000 wait for decision

Figures show 98,599 people awaiting a decision, as ministers face questions over unresolved ‘legacy’ cases being counted as cleared

The Guardian - UK

Restaurant and building trades targeted in more raids on illegal working, says Home Secretary James Cleverly

James Cleverly admitted the Home Office does not keep track of asylum seekers who leave Britain

Evening Standard

No 10 refuses to follow Cleverly in setting end of 2024 as target date for ending all small boat crossings – as it happened

Downing Street refuses to endorse home secretary as he says his aim is to reduce number of people crossing Channel on small boats to ‘zero’

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The National (Scotland)

Critics left unconvinced as Rishi Sunak claims asylum backlog is cleared

CRITICS have hit out as Rishi Sunak credited “relentless action” after the UK Government announced it met a target to clear a backlog of asylum…

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of ‘legacy’ asylum cases awaiting decisions despite Sunak’s pledge

PM promised to clear backlog of cases from before June 2022 by end of 2023 but 4,500 complex cases need further checks

The National (Scotland)

'Bleak': Experts condemn Rishi Sunak's first Twitter post of 2024

STEPHEN Flynn has joined the voices condemning Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after his “bleak” first post on Twitter/X in 2024 ...

Evening Standard

Total migrant Channel crossings down a third in 2023

For the first time in five years, since current records began in 2018, no Channel crossings took place on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

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The Independent UK

Top legal adviser told Sunak his Rwanda flights bill may not work

Top legal adviser David Pannick said to have warned individual appeal claims would limit the chances of success

The Independent UK

Sunak government quietly deletes damning report on Bibby Stockholm barge

Impact assessment which found radical plan ‘discriminatory’ pulled from government website

Evening Standard

UK's largest police forces record sharp rise in religious hate crime since Israel-Hamas war outbreak

Jewish charities called the findings 'shocking' while campaigners against anti-Muslim abuse said the data was 'deeply worrying'

The Guardian - UK

Father stuck in Turkey applies for judicial review of Home Office’s handling of his case

Siyabonga Twala, who has a British son, was barred from returning to UK a year ago and remains in limbo in Ankara

The Independent UK

Former missing persons detective ‘very surprised’ if Madeleine McCann probe gets funding next year

Scotland Yard has spent more than £13 million on the hunt for missing girl over 17 years

The Independent UK

Housing asylum seekers on Bibby Stockholm barge is discriminatory, Home Office finds

The department’s equality impact assessment found keeping people on the barge breaks the 2010 Equality Act on the grounds of sex and age

The Guardian - UK

British-born man who has never left UK faces deportation

Dmitry Lima told he will be sent to Portugal, from where his parents arrived more than 30 years ago, after serving a prison sentence

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