The Government has been defeated in the Lords over how long people can be held in detention under its flagship Immigration Bill. Peers voted by 187 votes to 170, a
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Ministers must call on more areas to house asylum seekers as Britain faces unprecedented demand for accommodation, MPs have said. The system for allocating housing was labelled “unfair” with the
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Charities have hailed potentially “ground-breaking” plans for Britain to take in vulnerable refugee children who have become separated from their families in Syria and other conflicts, the Government has announced.
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The first Middlesbrough asylum seekers’ homes with controversial red doors have had their entrances repainted, the services giant with the contract to house them has said. Doors on the properties
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A housing firm is to stop making asylum seekers wear wristbands to claim food after an outcry from campaigners. The brightly-coloured wristbands were handed out to refugees staying at Lynx
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A Home Office contractor supplying accommodation for asylum seekers has come under fire after reportedly giving migrants brightly coloured wristbands which they must wear at all times. The wristbands have
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Vulnerable British children are being placed in care outside their home county due to the influx of child asylum seekers from across the English Channel. Council chiefs in Kent said
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A property developer has said front doors will be repainted after concerns the homes of asylum seekers have been marked out in red, exposing them to racism and vandalism. An
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Britain should welcome thousands of lone children from Europe on top of the Syrian refugee resettlement programme, a committee of MPs has said. The International Development Committee called on the
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Overseas visitors and migrants will be charged for using most GP services, plus receiving A&E and ambulance care under new plans drawn up by the Government. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
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