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Asylum seekers to lose housing and benefit rights under Labour immigration system overhaul

Home secretary will also lay out plans meaning refugees who arrive in Britain on small boats or lorries need to wait 20 years before applying to settle permanently

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood must take care not to stoke xenophobia

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The home secretary’s policy would be welcome if it helps stop the dangerous cross-Channel traffic, but is it really a deterrent?

The Independent UK

UK charities condemn ‘immoral’ plans to force asylum seekers to volunteer

Making volunteering compulsory for refugees slammed as exploitative, bureaucratic and un-British

The Guardian - UK

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Mahmood to unveil anti-migration measures modelled on Danish system

Home secretary to set out sweeping plans to deter people from coming to the UK and make deportations easier

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood to announce ‘sweeping reforms’ to tackle illegal migration

The Home Secretary is expected to set out plans to deter migrants from coming to the UK.

Evening Standard

Babies and toddlers referred to counterterror scheme hundreds of times

Nearly half of referrals for children under the age of 10 were for ‘Islamist’ concerns

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers can stay at Epping Hotel, rules High Court judge in major blow to local campaigners

The owners of the Epping hotel fought against an injunction for breaching planning law

Evening Standard

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Asylum seekers can stay at protest-hit Epping hotel after council fails in High Court legal bid

Epping Forest District Council took legal action against owners of migrant hotel in Essex after a series of protests

The Independent UK

Major visa changes coming into force today: Here is what they mean

The Home Office is putting in place a raft of new immigration measures

Evening Standard

Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular

Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel

The Guardian - UK

High Court judge to rule on whether Bell Hotel can accommodate asylum seekers

Epping Forest District Council is seeking a High Court injunction against Somani Hotels.

Evening Standard

Rats, overcrowding and malnutrition common at UK asylum hotels, report finds

Home Office’s three accommodation providers made combined profit of £380m over five years, charity estimates

The Guardian - UK

Second man deported under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to UK on small boat

Man was detected as one of 94 people who had been removed from Britain under UK-France treaty

The Guardian - UK

Another migrant re-enters UK by small boat after being removed to France

The man was detected by biometrics and detained immediately, according to officials.

Evening Standard

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Second small boat migrant sent back to France under 'one in, one out' deal returns to UK

Between November 6 and 8, more than 1,700 people made the dangerous journey across English Channel in small boats

The Independent UK

Second migrant deported to France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to Britain on small boat

Migrant will be removed to France again ‘as quickly as possible’, Home Office vows

The Guardian - UK

Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’

Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’

The Guardian - UK

Parents appeal to Home Office after daughter left homeless in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

Lati-Yana Brown’s parents, who have been saving to pay for UK visa application, say situation is now an emergency

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The Independent UK

UK Government ‘disrespectful’ over Cameron Barracks plans, says council leader

The leader of Highland Council said there had been ‘no real engagement’ on plans to house 300 male asylum seekers at a barracks in Inverness.

Evening Standard

New record high for modern slavery referrals as they rise by a third in a year

More than 6,400 potential victims were referred to the Home Office in the three months to September, up by more than a third in a year.

The Independent UK

‘Unjust’ grooming ‘child prostitution’ convictions to be pardoned

Home Office acknowledges victims were ‘criminalised for actions that occurred under duress, fear and coercion’

International Business Times UK

UK Asylum Problem: Whistleblower Exposes How Migrants Use The Law To Avoid Deportation

Whistleblower exposes how sex offence suspects exploit asylum loopholes as UK crossings surge past 25,000. Billions spent, public safety questioned, and morale crumbles inside the Home Office.

The Independent UK

You don’t need a master’s degree to see Britain depends on foreign students

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The government’s effort to drive down the number of student visas coming to study in this country is misguided and self-defeating – it will do untold damage to our universities and communities

The Conversation

Housing asylum seekers in military barracks will be hugely expensive – and politically costly

In an effort to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, the UK government has announced that 900 people will be moved to military sites. Though this is a small fraction of the 32,000 currently housed in hotels, the Home Office hopes that up to 10,000 people might…

Evening Standard

Small boat migrant who returned to UK after being removed sent back to France again

The Home Office has confirmed that the Iranian national was put on a morning flight back to France

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