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Suella Braverman restates wish for UK to leave European court of human rights

Home secretary calls the court ‘politicised’ and refuses to rule out mass tagging of asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm barge is safe amid legal challenge possibility, Suella Braverman says

The Home Secretary also declined to rule out reports that the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with electronic tags

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm barge is safe amid legal challenge possibility, Braverman says

The Home Secretary also declined to rule out reports that the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with electronic tags.

The Independent UK

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UK Government not ruling out electronic tagging to 'control' migrants

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has not ruled out a report suggesting that the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with electronic…

The National (Scotland)

Home Office considers plans to put electronic tags on asylum seekers – report

Officials are reportedly mulling ways to prevent asylum seekers from going underground as detention spaces are limited

The Independent UK

Home Office ‘may fit asylum seekers with electronic tags’

Preferred option for handling growing numbers of applicants is to increase number of detention places, but tagging has been mooted as short-term fix

The Guardian - UK

Home Office considers fitting migrants with electronic tags – report

Officials are reportedly mulling ways to prevent asylum seekers from going underground as detention spaces are limited.

The Independent UK

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Children arriving on small boats held in jail alongside adult sex offenders, say campaigners

Unaccompanied minors being ‘destroyed psychologically’, say activists amid controversy over Home Office age assessments

The Independent UK

Braverman’s plan to house UK asylum seekers on ‘deathtrap’ barge faces legal hurdle

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby Stockholm

The Guardian - UK

Children reaching UK in small boats sent to jail that houses adult sex offenders

Human rights group finds growing number of cases of minors held among prisoners

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t let him down’: Calls for action as Afghan war hero now faces homelessness

Exclusive: Don’t allow pilot to fall into ‘tragic’ destitution, government warned, after The Independent’s campaign sees him win asylum

The Independent UK

Worst of Westminster: Don't be fooled by the energy price cap

Welcome to the latest edition of The Worst of Westminster, brought to you by political reporters Steph Brawn and Hamish Morrison.

The National (Scotland)

Sunak doubles down on ‘stop the boats’ vow as Channel crossings continue

Crossings continued on Friday for the tenth day in a row amid sunny, warm and calm conditions at sea.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers say Bibby Stockholm conditions caused suicide attempt

Thirty-nine people who were briefly housed on barge write to Suella Braverman describing fear and despair

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Home Office won’t respond to citizenship request for our daughter

We made an application in late 2021 but have heard nothing

The Independent UK

Sunak insists his ‘Stop the Boats’ pledge will cut ‘unacceptable’ asylum bill

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the system was under unsustainable pressure but insisted his plan would work.

The Independent UK

‘Now help hero Afghan pilot’s family escape Taliban’: Fresh calls to bring war hero’s loved ones to UK

Military and political leaders demand action to save loved ones – as they applaud The Independent’s victory in forcing government to grant asylum

The Independent UK

The asylum backlog by numbers: what has driven waiting lists to record highs?

The Home Office blames ‘more cases entering the system’ while Labour slams ‘Tory chaos’

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The Independent UK

Soaring asylum backlog deemed ‘disastrous record’ for Sunak and Braverman

Campaigners warned people stuck waiting for a decision are exposed to ‘immense suffering’.

The National (Scotland)

Asylum cases backlog in UK hits record high with 170k awaiting decisions

The backlog of asylum cases in the UK has hit a new record high, Home Office figures show.

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum backlog hits record high as over 175,000 await decision

Labour decries ‘chaos’ after data shows number of decisions rose but was cancelled out by bigger increase in applications

The Guardian - UK

This horror story visited on South Wales by Suella Braverman could be coming to a street near you

A far-right backlash against the home secretary’s asylum policy has brought a deluge of hate to a peaceful Welsh town, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Eleven people listed on first Rwanda flight staged hunger strike

Independent monitoring board reports ‘high likelihood of real harm’ if deportation policy implemented

The Independent UK

‘A just outcome’: Military chiefs and politicians hail common sense victory for Afghan war hero

‘There are people who came to us for help, and we owe them,’ says former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, amid win for Independent campaign

The Independent UK

How the government fought against The Independent’s Afghan campaign – and was forced to capitulate

Rishi Sunak, his ministers and their officials dragged their heels for five months – saying it was not possible to offer the pilot help and arguing that the rules did not apply to him

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