Hundreds of potential trafficking and slavery victims were held in immigration detention centres last year, figures suggest. Home Office statistics show more than 500 potential victims were detained under immigration
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A people smuggler has been jailed for bringing migrants across the Channel in tiny inflatable boats. Sarbast Mohammed Hama (pictured), 31, of no fixed UK address, admitted assisting unlawful immigration
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The Home Office has been accused of being “reckless” for failing to monitor the impact of its so-called hostile environment immigration policy, according to a leaked draft review into the
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An SNP MP has vowed to join “thousands of volunteers” in blocking lock-change evictions against asylum seekers by security giant Serco. During a Commons debate on the matter, Chris Stephens
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A Home Office policy which gives migrants as little as 72 hours notice of their impending deportation “poses a serious threat to the rule of law”, the High Court has
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The hostile environment which created the Windrush scandal was 70 years in the making – and may even be traced back to the attitudes of both the Labour and Conservative
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More than 1,350 migrants faced illegal demands to provide DNA samples as part of their applications to live in the UK, a report shows. Gurkha families and Afghans who worked
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A list used by the Government to allocate skilled work visas should be expanded, a major review has concluded. Vets, web designers, architects and psychologists are among professions that should
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The Home Office has reversed its decision to refuse a visa for the father of the Scottish Refugee Council’s chief executive, meaning he can now see his son receive an
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A woman who married her British husband almost 50 years ago is “petrified” after being told to leave the country by the Home Office. South African national Carolyn Hirst moved
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