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Home Office to trial AI to check ages of asylum seekers

Artificial intelligence technology will be trialled to assess disputed ages of asylum seekers who say they are children, the Home Office has said

The National (Scotland)

Controversial AI technology will assess disputed ages of UK Asylum seekers

New system could be problematic, a watchdog says, especially where a child is denied rights and protections

The Independent UK

Artificial intelligence to be trialled for disputes over asylum seekers’ ages

Ministers hope to roll out facial age estimation for migrants arriving by small boats and lorries over 2026 after trialling of the technology.

Evening Standard

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How the British Red Cross tried to blow the whistle about conditions inside crisis-hit migrant detention centres

In autumn 2022, overcrowding at migrant processing centres prompted national outrage. As the truth of the conditions inside began to emerge, British Red Cross staff were on site trying to support residents. Emails, performance reports and letters released to Holly Bancroft show how the charity was battling to get officials…

The Independent UK

Boy, 10, who crossed Channel by himself denied phone call to mother by officials

A review by inspectors find a litany of issues including migrants still being held for too long at processing centres

The Independent UK

Conditions at Manston centre for asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’

Watchdog’s report also has ‘serious concerns’ about conditions at Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit

The Guardian - UK

Danger of return to overcrowding at migrant centre, inspector warns

Accommodation levels were a key warning flagged in the report.

The Independent UK

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Manston asylum centre now empty after weeks of controversy

Vacating of Home Office site follows series of concerns including over outbreak of diphtheria

The Guardian - UK

Police monitor threats against migrants as far-right extremists call for ‘more firebombings’

Exclusive: Extremists have been celebrating Dover terrorist Andrew Leak as a ‘hero’ and vowed his attack would be ‘just the start’

The Independent UK

Dover firebomb terror suspect's cause of death is confirmed

Andrew Leak, 66, was found dead eight minutes after the attack on the immigration processing centre on October 30

Wales Online

Dover terrorist died from asphyxiation after hurling firebombs at immigration centre

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Andrew Leak, 66, is believed to have killed himself at a nearby petrol station after throwing two or three "crude" incendiary devices at the Western Jet Foil site in Kent

Daily Mirror

Dover terror attacker found dead within minutes of firebombing migrant facility, inquest hears

Andrew Leak, 66, killed himself at petrol station after attacking reception centre for asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Dover firebomb terror suspect died of asphyxiation, inquest hears

Andrew Leak, 66, was found dead at a petrol station close to where he threw two to three firebombs at a Dover immigration processing centre.

The Independent UK

Overcrowding has made Manston centre a ‘pot that’s boiling over’, workers say

‘Why has it taken firebombs to be thrown for anyone to take notice?’, union rep said

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Manchester Evening News

'Unsafe', overcrowded and 'a breach of humane conditions' - the growing problems at Manston migrant centre

Some families at the Kent holding facility have been held for weeks on end, despite it being set up to accommodate arrivals for a maximum of just 48 hours

Evening Standard

‘I would never demonise people’: Robert Jenrick rejects Suella Braverman’s ‘invasion’ comments

The Home Secretary’s rhetoric comes day after a petrol bomb attack on migrant processing centre in Dover

Manchester Evening News

Firebomb attack on Dover migrant centre not being treated as terrorist incident

Devices were thrown at the Border Force migrant centre in the Kent port town at around 11.20am on Sunday

The Independent UK

Man firebombs migrant processing centre in Dover before killing himself at petrol station

Police have confirmed suspect was found dead soon after attack

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Manchester Evening News

Home Office response to migrant crisis is ‘poor’, report finds

The report criticises the ‘ineffective and inefficient’ Home Office response which led to hundreds of migrants going missing in four months.

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