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Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court in humiliating blow for government

Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, took the Home Office to court over its decision to proscribe the protest group under terror laws

The Independent UK

Bangladeshi migrant avoids deportation from UK over 20-year jail sentence imposed under Sheikh Hasina’s regime in Dhaka

A Bangladeshi migrant has won the right to remain in Britain after a court ruled that he cannot be deported because he would face a 20-year prison sentence on explosives charges if he returned home.

The Times of India

Starmer ousts cabinet secretary in clear-out of top team after Mandelson scandal

Chris Wormald steps down ‘by mutual consent’ after a year in post with Antonia Romeo expected to succeed him

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‘Open door, open door': Moment immigration officers raid London house to arrest suspected people smugglers

More than 50 immigration officers swooped on four addresses in Hounslow and Croydon

Evening Standard

Home Office spent £700,000 fighting Palestine Action legal battle over terror proscription, data reveals

Human rights group criticise government’s ‘grave abuse of state power’ ahead of High Court decision on Palestine Action terror ban

The Independent UK

Record drug seizures driven by jump in cannabis and ketamine haul

Border Force officials made 65 seizures of herbal cannabis that contained 100kg or more.

Evening Standard

Former top civil servant warns ‘more due diligence’ to be done over replacement of Chris Wormald

Simon McDonald says if Antonia Romeo is the frontrunner for cabinet secretary role then ‘due diligence has some way still to go’

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Labour’s efforts to ramp up one-in-one-out deportations to France hit by fresh legal challenges

Sixteen migrants told the High Court that the government’s flagship deportation deal with France was failing victims of trafficking

The Independent UK

Dame Antonia Romeo: Who is the UK’s first female Cabinet Secretary?

The so-called ‘Queen of Woke’ is tipped to become the first woman to be Cabinet Secretary, amid further changes at Downing Street

Evening Standard

Two west London restaurants could be shut down after hiring 15 illegal workers

During one visit immigration officers reportedly faced faced ‘significant hostility’ including violent and threatening behaviour from staff

Evening Standard

UK government to allocate £1.4bn to escort and transport illegal migrants

The UK government is set to invest up to £1.4bn in escorting and transporting deportees from the country over the next decade

Evening Standard

UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence

Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five years

The Guardian - UK

Home Office warned legal migration rules overhaul risks leaving 300,000 children ‘in limbo’

The Home Office set out their new proposals on legal migration rules in November

The Independent UK

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees

Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’

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‘Hurry for justice’: Windrush victims dying without redress, commissioner says

Clive Foster says action needed now to deliver justice to UK residents who had been wrongly classified as illegal immigrants

The Guardian - UK

UK and France asylum deal could violate human rights laws, warns UN

Experts identify potentially serious breaches over treatment of people and call for ‘one in, one out’ scheme to end

Evening Standard

Home Office denies migrants sent to Crowborough secure camp in Sussex are leaving to move to London

Home Office minister Mike Tapp was asked about local reports that migrants were ‘checking out’ of Crowborough and coming back to London

The Independent UK

Three African countries agree to take back UK migrants after visa penalty threat

Home secretary threatened visa sanctions on Namibia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo if they did not take back migrants in the UK

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Evening Standard

Another country agrees to migrant returns deal after UK visa threat

Shabana Mahmood’s threats to impose visa penalties form part of her drive to speed up removals of people with no right to be in the UK

The Independent UK

Illegal migrants boarded onto return flights as Home Office announce largest deportation figures in a decade

The Home Office has released new footage of deportees being flown out of the UK, as it revealed nearly 60,000 illegal migrants and foreign criminals have been deported since July 2024 - the largest figure in a decade.

The Independent UK

Nearly 60,000 migrants and criminals deported since Labour came to power, Home Office says

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she would “scale up” the number of deportations even further

The Guardian - UK

Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election

Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting ‘harmful stereotypes’ of migrants

Evening Standard

Home Office releases migrant deportation flight footage as ministers face increasing pressure over illegal immigration

Almost 60,000 foreign criminals and illegal migrants have been removed or deported from Britain since June 2024

Evening Standard

'World-first' deepfake detection plan to be developed by UK

The Home Office said the framework would explore how technology can recognise and assess deepfakes

The Guardian - UK

Father of toddler abused by nursery worker ‘frustrated’ by deportation

Polish national Roksana Lecka, sentenced to eight years in prison for child cruelty, will be deported on Thursday

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