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Highest number of small boat Channel crossings this year as over 600 migrants arrive in one day

It brings the total number of arrivals this year to 2,209 - a 7% increase on this time last year

Evening Standard

Number of asylum seekers in migrant hotels drops to lowest level for 18 months at 30,657 people

There were 30,657 people staying in taxpayer funded hotels while they were awaiting a decision on their claims to remain in Britain at the end of December

Evening Standard

UK visas: Huge drop in workers coming to Britain from abroad as illegal immigration rises

The number of work related visas issued dropped by between 30% and 50%, while illegal immigration rose by 7%

Evening Standard

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Number of asylum seekers in UK hotels falls to 18-month low

Home Office figures also show a rise in asylum refusal rates, as government claims tightening of rules is working UK politics live – latest updates

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Home Office reveals asylum claim figures as small boat arrivals rise

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More than 100,000 people claimed asylum last year, official figures show

Number of small boat migrants rose over past year as average of 71 people now being crammed onto dinghies

The Independent UK

Home Office denies ‘absurd’ criticism over rule change that may leave dual nationals stranded

MPs raise cases of honeymooners and other Britons caught out by new passport requirements as minister rejects calls for grace period

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Home Office granted permission to challenge ruling on Palestine Action terror ban

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood given permission to fight the lifting of the terror ban on Palestine Action

Evening Standard

UK suspension of refugee family reunion scheme to be challenged in high court

Judge allows Safe Passage International to launch judicial review of halting of right to bring in children and partners

The Guardian - UK

Government edges closer to landmark generational smoking ban despite Tory challenge

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will prevent anyone born on or after January 1 2009 from smoking legally

The Independent UK

British dual nationals risk imminent refusal of travel to UK, Home Office affirms

Government ignores pleas for a grace period before new rules come into force on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Passport changes prevent British dual national from visiting dying mother

New Home Office rules causing ‘stress upon stress’ for British woman living in Netherlands trying to enter UK

The Guardian - UK

Rights groups urge airlines to halt ‘one in, one out’ deportation flights

British and French activists write to Air France, AlbaStar, Titan and Corendon airlines over ‘shameful involvement’

The Guardian - UK

Dual citizens may be able to travel to the UK with an expired British passport after all

Ryanair says UK government has changed rules for British nationals who are also citizens of another country

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office age assessment scheme endangers child refugees and must be scrapped, NGOs say

Coalition of refugee support groups says board’s ‘traumatic’ and ‘flawed’ processes are putting children at risk

The Guardian - UK

When dual nationality leads to double trouble

Letters: After 32 years of working in the UK, Prof Carine Ronsmans will now be required to pay £589 to return there after visiting her native Belgium. Plus letters from Michael Bulley, Reini Schühle, Dr Michael Paraskos and Dr Peter R King

The Guardian - UK

Scores of NGOs call for Home Office child assessment body to be axed

Coalition of refugee support groups says board’s ‘traumatic’ and ‘flawed’ processes are putting children at risk

The Guardian - UK

‘Grace period’ needed for dual nationals returning to UK on second passport, say Lib Dems

Will Forster MP says ‘lack of planning and haphazard communication’ on new border rules has caused chaos

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The Independent UK

Deportation flight to Egypt cancelled after man swallows vape battery

Mitie, which is contracted by the Home Office to manage overseas deportations, said it was investigating the incident

The Guardian - UK

UK private jet deportation flight cancelled after man swallows vape battery

Egyptian with history of disruptive behaviour was taken to hospital and then returned to detention

The Guardian - UK

‘Not consistent’: why the high court ruled the Palestine Action ban unlawful

Key passages from judgment in challenge brought by Huda Ammori, which failed on two grounds but succeeded on two

The Independent UK

‘Get a grip’ of No 10 briefings, Starmer told after cabinet secretary forced out

Opposition leaders have accused Starmer of throwing his outgoing cabinet secretary ‘under the bus’ to ‘save his own skin’

The Guardian - UK

Met police say they will stop arresting people for supporting Palestine Action after high court ruling – live

Police acknowledge ‘unusual circumstances’ around the ruling and say they will focus on gathering evidence

Evening Standard

‘Open door, open door': Moment immigration officers raid London house to arrest suspected people smugglers

More than 50 immigration officers swooped on four addresses in Hounslow and Croydon

Evening Standard

Chris Wormald standing down as UK’s top civil servant

There are rumours he could be replaced as Cabinet Secretary by Home Office mandarin Dame Antonia Romeo.

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