A human rights charity has written to the Home Secretary warning that people on board a deportation flight scheduled to leave the UK on Thursday may not have been given
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The anti-slavery commissioner has warned traffickers will “seek every opportunity to abuse new immigration policies” after the Government announced proposed changes to the system. Dame Sara Thornton (pictured) said the
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UK Government plans to end freedom of movement and introduce a new points-based immigration system will be “devastating” for Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has warned. The First Minister said the changes,
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The Government’s new post-Brexit immigration system will need so many exemptions it will be “meaningless”, Labour has claimed. Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott criticised the plan, which seeks to lower
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Changes to the UK’s immigration rules could “spell absolute disaster” for the care system and risk farmers, builders and hospitality businesses being hit the hardest, industry leaders have warned. The
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More than 1,200 potential victims of slavery and trafficking were held in detention centres last year, figures suggest. Some 1,256 people were found to be possible trafficking victims before, during
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A senior minister has defended a plan to push on with a flight deporting 50 people to Jamaica despite widespread calls for the jet to be grounded. Chief Secretary to
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Putting up barriers on hiring staff from overseas in an overhaul of the immigration system would cause “huge difficulties” in social care, a union has warned. Unison assistant general secretary
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A Congolese man who was almost deported from the UK after seeking political asylum has been granted refugee status following an outcry by supporters. Otis Bolamu, 38, said he fled
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Compensation payments for victims of the Windrush scandal are taking too long to be paid, campaigners have claimed as they hit out at the “slow and onerous” Home Office process.
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