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Immigration law changes: New rules to reduce migrant hotel use and restrict sex offender refugee claims

Measures to be introduced following cases such as the chemical attack by Abdul Ezedi, who threw a corrosive substance over his former girlfriend and two children in Clapham last year

Evening Standard

Migrants convicted of sex offences to be banned from claiming asylum in Britain

Labour’s crackdown will also see 24-week time limits for asylum appeals decisions to cut the backlog

The Independent UK

Foreign sex offenders will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, says Home Office

Amendment to bill would affect anyone who qualifies for sex offender register, but charities concerned that move is being rushed

The Guardian - UK

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Sex offenders to be denied refugee protection in UK under law change

The new measure will be introduced in an amendment to the Government’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

Evening Standard

Many ‘foreign’ criminals are actually British

Letter: Solange Valdez-Symonds and Steve Valdez-Symonds say the Home Office’s plan to publish the nationality of offenders will misrepresent these individuals

The Guardian - UK

Fake migrant lawyers to face huge fines as ministers prepare new immigration crackdown

The Home Office says it is cracking down on people who wrongly claim they can give immigration advice to illegal migrants on how to stay in Britain

Evening Standard

Ministers plan to impose large fines on people posing as immigration lawyers

The Home Office wants to crack down on people who wrongly claim they can give immigration advice to illegal migrants on how to stay in the UK.

The Independent UK

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‘It’s a step towards hope’: a refugee’s journey from wartorn Eritrea to the London Marathon

Hagos Kidana Abrha’s ability to run helped him to escape conflict in Africa, before a perilous trip to the UK

The Guardian - UK

Migrants returned on charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana

The move comes as part of Government plans to ‘restore order’ in the immigration system.

The Independent UK

Labour not going to breach manifesto commitments on Europe – minister

It comes as the Times newspaper reported the Home Office could be open to the idea of a ‘one in, one out’ youth mobility scheme.

Evening Standard

UK-Thai deal sees 90% reduction in cannabis smuggling by post, Home Office says

Extra checks are taking place in Thailand and Border Force have detected 1.5 tonnes of cannabis coming through the post in the first quarter of 2025.

Evening Standard

Home Office tackles mail-order dealers after huge amount of cannabis posted to UK

Over 15 tonnes of cannabis was detected by Border Force, with the support of Royal Mail, in the last quarter of 2024

The Independent UK

Tech firms and bosses face large fines for failing to remove knife crime content

The Government has announced plans to expand sanctions in an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill.

Evening Standard

Scottish refugee charity hits out at Glasgow's call for asylum seeker pause

Glasgow's call for a pause on asylum seekers being sent to the city will do “more harm than good”, according to a top refugee charity.

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The Independent UK

Give abused migrant workers new visa to stay in the UK, home secretary urged

Law firms write to home secretary Yvette Cooper over ‘serious concerns’ about treatment of migrant workers arriving in the UK on sponsored visas

The Independent UK

Phone ‘sim farms’ set to be banned in major UK scam crackdown

Home Office says recent data showed fraud now accounts for more than 40 per cent of all reported crime in England and Wales

Evening Standard

UK to ban ‘sim farms’ used by scammers to send mass fraud messages

The ban on the possession and supply of sim farm devices will be introduced through the Crime and Policing Bill.

The Independent UK

AI-generated images and sextortion among surge in child sex abuse material online

2024 saw record levels of web pages hosting child sexual abuse imagery discovered, according to a leading online safety organisation.

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'Glaring gap in law closed': Met Police hail new rules as officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked

Police chiefs will be able to sack officers deemed unfit to serve from next month under rules announced by Home Office

The Guardian - UK

Police officers who fail background checks to be automatically sacked

Move designed to restore public confidence will give police chiefs stronger powers to get rid of rogue officers in England and Wales

Evening Standard

Police officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked under new rules

Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday which will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures.

Evening Standard

‘Record levels of web pages hosting child sex abuse imagery discovered in 2024’

The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow seeks pause on asylum seekers as costs balloon

THE UK Government must stop sending asylum seekers to Scotland’s largest city, the local council has demanded.

The Independent UK

Plans to publish nationalities of foreign criminals data by end of year

The Home Office announced work is being done to improve data processes on the group of offenders before it can be used for statistics.

The Guardian - UK

Cooper ‘pandering’ to Farage by ordering publication of foreign criminals’ nationalities

Move expected to lead to ‘league tables’ showing which nationalities are more associated with particular crimes

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