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What are eVisas? Labour pledge to implement system despite Yvette Cooper admission of 'problems'

The UK Home Secretary confirmed there had been “some problems”

Evening Standard

Labour MP’s bid to end ‘alienating’ discrimination against Jews and Sikhs

Britain’s first female Sikh MP has brought forward a bill to end a discriminatory practice by public bodies which leaves Sikhs and Jews further exposed to hate crimes and poor health treatment

The Independent UK

Visas rollout: Home Office confirms how long expired travel documents can be used after eVisa problems

The full eVisa rollout is being postponed after campaigners warned problems with the system could ‘lead to another Windrush’

Evening Standard

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Use expired ID to get to UK, says minister in charge of flawed eVisas

People will be allowed to use expired identity documents amid ‘real fear’ of another Windrush-style scandal

The Guardian - UK

Tackling violence against women and girls an ‘obsession’ for PM, MPs told

Victims will be given the ‘right to know’ who their online stalker is, Home Office minister Jess Phillips said.

Evening Standard

Rock band cancels Scottish show after criminal singer denied UK entry

A rock band has been forced to cancel their Glasgow Hydro show after the Home Office refused to allow the band's front man to enter the country.

The National (Scotland)

Winter appeal: Homeless and refugee charities back our call to improve rights of asylum seekers

As part of our A Place To Call Home winter appeal, the Standard is calling for asylum seekers to be allowed to work after six months

Evening Standard

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MPs back PR bill in vote, a symbolic win for electoral reform campaigners – as it happened

MPs vote to give leave to bring in private members’ bill on PR but it will have no practical effect

The Guardian - UK

Full rollout of eVisas postponed after foreign worker warning

Campaigners warned that people with permanent British residency visas were unable to switch over to the Government’s new eVisa system

Evening Standard

Stalking victims will be able to learn who the perpetrator is under new crackdown

Courts will be able to hand out protection orders even when individuals have been acquitted if sufficient evidence exists to indicate they pose a risk

The Independent UK

Jess Phillips tells of online stalking ordeal as victims to get right to know identity of perpetrators

The Home Secretary has committed to using ‘every tool available’ to take power from abusers and hand it to victims

Evening Standard

More protection for victims as Government vows crackdown on stalking

The Home Secretary has committed to using ‘every tool available’ to take power from abusers and hand it to victims.

The Independent UK

Channel crossings by migrants in small boats: Key numbers

Afghan migrants accounted for the single largest group of arrivals in the first nine months of the year.

Evening Standard

Many unable to access eVisas to prove right to be in UK, Home Office admits

Campaigners say problems with digital transfer could affect hundreds of thousands of people on ‘10-year route’ visas

The Guardian - UK

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More than 600 Brazilians deported by Home Office on three secret flights

Record number of deportees includes children who may have spent most of their lives in the UK

The National (Scotland)

Tories ran 'open border experiment', Keir Starmer claims as he vows migration cut

KEIR Starmer has claimed the Tories ran a “one nation experiment in open borders” in the UK, as new figures revealed the Home Office was…

The Guardian - UK

Starmer: record net migration shows Tories ran ‘open borders experiment’

PM says previous government ‘deliberately liberalised’ post-Brexit immigration as he announces deal with Iraq

The Independent UK

Home Secretary signs ‘world-first’ deal with Iraq to tackle people smuggling

Yvette Cooper took part in a three-day visit to the country this week.

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The Guardian - UK

UK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory register

Technology secretary admits government departments are not being transparent over way they use AI and algorithms

Evening Standard

Visa crackdown: Firms who employ illegal workers to face tough new sanctions under Home Office rules

The Home Office said overseas workers in the UK care sector have been particularly vulnerable to exploitation and work visa abuse

The Independent UK

Employers face overseas worker ban in visa law crackdown

Powers will make sure that employers pay the costs of visa sponsorship, instead of passing this onto their workers

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on closing the Bibby Stockholm: a parable of failed asylum policy

Editorial: Labour has restored some decency and pragmatism to asylum policy. The next step is courage in changing the terms of debate

The National (Scotland)

Give asylum seekers in Glasgow right to work after six months, SNP tell UK Government

THE UK Government has been asked to consider a pilot scheme in Scotland to give asylum seekers the right to work.

The Guardian - UK

Final asylum seekers have now left the Bibby Stockholm

Most claims from 400 men on vessel moored in Portland, Dorset have been processed, with majority accepted

The Independent UK

New asylum hotels ‘massive incentive’ for small boat crossings, ministers warned

Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.

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