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Councils win bid to bring legal challenge over airfields plan for asylum seekers

Mrs Justice Thornton said that two out of the 15 grounds could go ahead to a further hearing, including on the use of ’emergency’ planning powers.

The Independent UK

The government passed a major immigration law last year – so why is it trying to pass another one?

The illegal immigration bill has generated endless controversy on its way to becoming law. The bill, which effectively bans asylum seeking in the UK, has faced heavy criticism for its treatment of children, its approach to modern slavery victims and other provisions that are likely to breach international law.

The Conversation

Suella Braverman given permission to challenge Rwanda ruling at Supreme Court

Court of Appeal judges found Rwanda was not safe to receive asylum seekers from the UK

The Independent UK

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‘No more concessions’ on illegal migration bill, says UK government

Pledge from government source comes after peers made fresh amendments to bill designed to tackle small boats issue

The Guardian - UK

‘I woke up in house I didn’t recognise after drink spiking’: Victim backs legal action over ‘failure’ to tackle crime

‘They have a void in their life forever. This is so traumatic and distressing,’ victim tells Maya Oppenheim as campaigners launch legal action against government

The Independent UK

First asylum seekers brought to military base as challenges reach high court

Two councils seek judicial review of Home Office plans to accommodate thousands at two airfield sites

The Guardian - UK

‘Chilling effect’ if Jenrick statement used in airfield asylum case, court told

Two councils and a resident are seeking a legal challenge against the Home Office’s plans to house asylum seekers on airfields.

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Wethersfield: First look inside former RAF base turned into asylum seeker accommodation

First asylum seekers arrive at former RAF base in Essex

Evening Standard

First asylum seekers arrive at Wethersfield Airfield in Essex

The first arrivals are people who were brought to a processing facility in Kent over the weekend from small boat crossings.

The Independent UK

Home Office had murals for children removed at second asylum centre

Murals at Manston and Kent Intake Unit understood to have been painted over last week by MoJ estates team

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers moved to RAF base despite Home Office court battle over site

Migrants transported to RAF Wethersfield as Suella Braverman’s lawyers defend use of the site in High Court challenge

The Independent UK

Labour peer who fled Nazis as child joins cross-party criticism over mural repainting

A LABOUR peer who fled the Nazis as a child has joined cross-party criticism of a Home Office minister after he defended the painting over of…

The National (Scotland)

Home Office facing legal proceedings after failure to tackle drug spiking rise

THE Home Office is facing legal proceedings after campaigners said the department failed in its statutory duties around drink spiking, a crime which…

The National (Scotland)

Jenrick stepped up to the dispatch box. Cometh the hour, cometh the halfwit

Honest Bob was all heart. It was actually compassionate to deport as many asylum seekers as possible

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The National (Scotland)

‘Fiery’ meeting between Scottish and UK ministers over drug decriminalisation plans

A “FIERY” meeting has taken place between Shirley-Anne Somerville and Suella Braverman over decriminalising drugs, according to the Home Office.

The Independent UK

MPs urged to oppose ‘cruel’ immigration Bill ahead of crucial Commons vote

MPs are expected to cast a series of votes from 5pm on changes backed by the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

Sunak claims small boats crackdown going ‘much better than expected’ – despite upturn in crossings

PM says he knew numbers would rise during summer – after 700 asylum seekers arrive in one day

The Guardian - UK

Theresa May says illegal migration bill will ‘consign more people to slavery’ as MPs vote on amendments – as it happened

Campaigners urge MPs to ‘stand on the right side of history’ by voting against the government’s bill

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The Guardian - UK

Housing asylum seekers on barge may only save £10 a person daily, report says

NGOs behind report suggest minimal savings for Home Office if Bibby Stockholm barge used in place of £5.6m-a-day hotels

The Guardian - UK

Home Office paying for thousands of empty beds reserved for asylum seekers

Government keeps ‘buffer’ of 5,000 beds to avoid repeat of overcrowding seen at Manston last year

The Independent UK

Government offers concessions as Illegal Migration Bill to return to Commons

The Government has changed its Illegal Migration Bill to limit detentions for unaccompanied children.

Evening Standard

Home Office paying for thousands of empty hotel beds, MPs told

Home Office second permanent secretary Simon Ridley revealed the figure when questioned by MPs on Monday.

The Independent UK

Home Office admits its paying for 5,000 empty hotel rooms for asylum seekers

Official says ‘buffer’ necessary to avoid overcrowding in detention centre – despite prime minister’s pledge to ‘stop the boats’

The Guardian - UK

Scottish politicians have the courage to decriminalise drugs, but Westminster is too timid to let them

Objecting to capital punishment was once taboo too, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Daily Record

Council hits back after claim it has taken in zero asylum seekers

Minister for Immigration Robert Jenrick MP made claim about both East and North Ayrshire Councils in response to SNP MP's question on Illegal Immigration Bill in the House of Commons.

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