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Britain facing ‘permanent asylum backlog’ and £5bn accommodation bill under new Tory migration act

The Illegal Migration Act will cast thousands of asylum seekers into ‘permanent limbo’, the IPPR has warned

The Independent UK

More than 100 Manston asylum camp guards unable to start work

Recruits on full salary while waiting months for permission to work at Kent site due to lengthy security checks

The Guardian - UK

Afghan women kept apart from British husbands by UK government’s ‘callous’ English rules

Exclusive: MPs warned Afghan women face barrier getting to the UK due to ‘bureaucratic’ English language rules

The Independent UK

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Suella Braverman refusing to roll out asylum-support scheme deemed ‘more humane’

The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill

The Guardian - UK

£1m counterextremism funding returned to Home Office despite rising terror threat

Exclusive: Commission for Countering Extremism returns funds to government as sources say ‘no one knows’ what body does

The Independent UK

Small boat migrant arrivals top 25,000 since start of Sunak premiership

Labour accused the Prime Minister of failing to get a grip on the migrant crisis in the English Channel.

The Independent UK

Thousands of modern slavery cases rejected in Home Office crackdown on ‘bogus claims’

Genuine victims of modern slavery not getting the support they need, charities warn

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak’s vow to stop small boat crossings ‘delusionary’, former French ambassador says

Sylvie Bermann warns long coastline and smugglers’ changing tactics mean crossings cannot be totally stopped

The Independent UK

UK gun lobby accused of helping to ‘skew’ consultation on tightening laws

BASC and Countryside Alliance advising supporters how to answer consultation launched after Plymouth mass killings

The Guardian - UK

Refugee charity flooded with requests for London hosts following ‘changes to Home Office eviction notices’

Many new refugees have been told they have seven days to leave hotels, charities say

Evening Standard

Exclusive interview with detained Stirling University student

A STIRLING University student has said he is “sick” and hungry in a Home Office detention centre in Scotland as pressure builds on the UK…

The National (Scotland)

Refugees facing eviction from hotels 'must be given secure accommodation'

AFGHAN refugees must be given permanent and secure accommodation, the SNP’s Alison Thewliss has said in a letter to the Home Secretary ...

The National (Scotland)

Bibby Stockholm migrants won’t be back on barge ‘for weeks’ after Legionella scare

People moved to hotel told they will not be back on board for up to five weeks, as water system ‘flushed’ and retested

The Independent UK

Small boat arrivals continue as Channel crossings set to top 17,000

About 50 people, thought to be asylum seekers, were brought ashore by an RNLI lifeboat at Dungeness, Kent, on Wednesday.

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Rishi Sunak accused of being ‘out of touch’ over energy bill support comments – as it happened

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Security firm extends contract for criticised Manston detention centre

MTC signs further deal with Home Office despite warnings asylum seekers may have faced ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of refugees could face homelessness after Home Office policy change

Migrants and survivors of trafficking will have minimum of seven days to find alternative accommodation if they receive eviction notice

The Independent UK

Panic attacks and malnutrition: Afghan family on what life is like in UK

Exclusive: Two years on from the Taliban takeover, one of the first Afghan families to arrive in the UK by small boat remains in Home Office limbo, as Nicola Kelly reports

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Bibby Stockholm: Home Office ‘should accept blame’ for delay in removing people

Mayor of Portland says ‘buck stops with Suella Braverman’ after it took three days to inform ministers about outbreak

The Guardian - UK

Legionella on the Bibby Stockholm barge: five questions for Home Office

Many issues remain to be resolved after asylum seekers were evacuated on Friday because of a potentially deadly bacteria

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Timeline of government chaos over controversial migrant barge

Row erupts over response to discovery of Legionella bacteria on barge as asylum seekers evacuated just days after boarding vessel

The National (Scotland)

Home Office breaks silence on detained Stirling University student

THE Home Office has broken its silence on the case of a Stirling University student detained at Dungavel for allegedly breaching the terms of his…

The Independent UK

Priti Patel blasts government’s ‘secretive’ five-year plan to house asylum seekers on RAF base

Suella Braverman used an ‘emergency’ planning bypass for a 12-month development at RAF Wethersfield, but leaked memo says it will be used for five years

The Guardian - UK

‘Secretive and evasive’: Patel criticises plan to house asylum seekers at Essex RAF base

Former home secretary demands answers from Suella Braverman about timeframe for government’s use of the site

The Independent UK

Lessons may be learned after Legionella detection on asylum seeker barge – No 10

The Government is standing by the use of barges to house migrants, amid a blame game about the response to the situation on the Bibby Stockholm.

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