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Asylum Seekers Living in Home Office-Funded Hotel 'Gang-Raped' Woman on Brighton Beach, Court Hears

Three asylum seekers living in a Home Office-funded hotel face the Brighton beach rape trial after allegedly targeting and gang-raping a drunk woman

International Business Times UK

Home Office use of AI in asylum cases could be unlawful, legal experts warn

Exclusive: Caseworkers use AI to summarise asylum interviews and to search for information about country of origin

The Independent UK

Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

Flawed Home Office travel records identified thousands of parents suspected of claiming while living abroad

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office U-turn will let some dual nationals use EU passport to enter UK

EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in UK will not have to present British passport to airlines

The Guardian - UK

Migrants suspected of working illegally as delivery riders arrested in raid

A total of 18 people were arrested in Bromley on Thursday morning.

Evening Standard

Illegal delivery riders arrested in dawn raid on London caravan park

Police and immigration officers stormed the caravan park on Croydon Road in Bromley shortly after 4.30am

Evening Standard

Starmer’s flagship ‘one in, one out’ scheme returning just 12 people a week to France

New data shows that 377 people have been removed back to France under deal since last August

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Asylum appeal backlog doubles in a year, Home Office statistics show

More than 80,000 people waiting to be reassessed after rejection at end of 2025 – 91% more than a year before

The Guardian - UK

Families given a week to decide whether to leave UK voluntarily plead for more time

Home Office targets 150 families whose asylum claims were refused and offers them up to £40,000 to leave or face forcible removal

The Guardian - UK

Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules

Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from volatile countries such as Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Seven consecutive days of small boat Channel crossings for first time this year as 1,200 migrants make journey

Some 1,200 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far in March, bringing the 2026 total to 3,409 people

Evening Standard

Sudanese students say UK visa ban has dashed hopes of studying at top universities

More than 200 applicants fear they will lose places after home secretary suspends study visas from four countries

The Guardian - UK

Housing asylum seekers in military bases will place pressure on local police forces, Home Office admits

Sussex Police in talks with Home Office about extra funding to manage pressures from Crowborough army base

The Independent UK

Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs

Move is part of scheme to target families for expedited voluntary removals before enforced removal proceedings

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The Independent UK

Young mother unaware of ‘tentacles’ from Hong Kong, China ‘shadow policing’ trial told

Dual Chinese-British national Peter Wai, 38, and retired Hong Kong police superintendent Bill Yuen, 65, are on trial at the Old Bailey

The Independent UK

Failed asylum seekers will be paid up to £40k to leave the UK, Shabana Mahmood announces

Home Office will detain and deport families with children if they do not accept financial payments to leave

The Guardian - UK

Young refugee spent winter on London streets due to ‘secret’ hotel eviction rule

Home Office now must give notice of its discretion to extend 28-day deadline, which it did not do for 19-year-old

International Business Times UK

UK Cracks Down on Student Visas from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru and Myanmar

The UK has imposed an 'emergency brake' on most student visas and skilled work permits from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru, Myanmar and Afghanistan amid claims of widespread asylum system abuse.

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The Independent UK

Home Office reveals issue behind Oman rescue flight after delay

Defence Secretary John Healey is travelling to Cyprus

Evening Standard

Problems ‘getting passengers on board’ caused UK rescue flight to be delayed

Home Office minister Alex Norris said the Government-chartered plane would now leave Oman for the UK on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Failed asylum seeker families to be paid £40,000 to leave Britain

Migrants who leave the UK within seven days will receive payments of £10,000 per person, capped at four per family, under the plan

The Guardian - UK

Legal challenge over plan to use East Sussex army camp as asylum housing dismissed

Judge rules that residents cannot challenge a decision before it has been formally made

The Guardian - UK

Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts

Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data

The Guardian - UK

Home Office urged to make it easier for mosques to apply for protection

British Muslim Trust says fund announced last week falls short as it requires mosques to prove they have been targeted

The Independent UK

Bulletin PM briefing: Soham killer attacked, maternity scandal and measles outbreak

Here are five of today’s top stories in case you have missed them. Murderer Ian Huntley seriously injured in prison assault. New passport rules for Brits flying to Gibraltar under new agreement. Inquiry could be launched in ‘shocking’ state of NHS maternity care. Home Office reveals asylum claim figures as…

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