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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.

International Business Times UK

Home Office reveals issue behind Oman rescue flight after delay

Defence Secretary John Healey is travelling to Cyprus

The Independent UK

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

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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

Evening Standard

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

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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…

The Independent UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

Home Office reveals asylum claim figures as small boat arrivals rise

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The Independent UK

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

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

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The Guardian - 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 Independent 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

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

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