Asylum claims in the UK have hit their highest level for nearly 20 years, fuelled by soaring Channel migrant crossings and a rise in numbers following the coronavirus pandemic. The
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Boris Johnson has urged France to step up efforts to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Channel after a boat capsized off the French coast with the loss of
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A public inquiry into abuse allegations at a detention centre has heard how a BBC expose revealed “shocking” treatment which has “no place in a decent and humane” immigration system.
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Priti Patel’s Home Office should be stripped of responsibility for the Windrush compensation scheme, MPs said after a “litany of flaws” was identified in the way it operates. The cross-party
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Council leaders in Scotland are seeking “urgent” talks with Home Secretary Priti Patel on what they can do to help accommodate asylum seekers. Kelly Parry, community wellbeing spokeswoman for the
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The Home Office is to write to councils urging them to take migrant children who have arrived in the UK without any parents or guardians. A voluntary scheme is now
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Most migrants crossing the English Channel to the UK are refugees fleeing persecution, analysis by campaigners suggests. Research by the Refugee Council indicates around a third of the men, women
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The wife of a former Commonwealth army soldier murdered her newborn son after “snapping” over the stresses of applying for permission to stay in the UK while struggling to support
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Female detainees were forced to mix with men with a history of sexual violence against women in an immigration centre due to Covid restrictions, a report has found. Concerns have
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Calls in Parliament for a dedicated visa route to be provided for au pairs post-Brexit have been rejected by a minister, who said it was “labour on the cheap”. It
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