Secret footage shows a detainee being choked at a privately-run immigration removal centre, it is claimed. The incident forms part of an alleged culture of abuse captured by undercover filming
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Nine staff have been suspended from a G4S immigration centre after claims of abuse and assaults against detainees. An investigation has also been launched into allegations by the BBC’s Panorama
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The UK should double the amount of refugees it takes in under resettlement programmes, the United Nations has urged. A senior official at the UN’s refugee agency said accepting around
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The Scottish and Welsh governments have written to the UK Immigration Minister raising concerns about the treatment of unaccompanied child refugees. Scottish Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela
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Unaccompanied child refugees entitled to come to the UK are still “wandering around France”, ministers in the Lords have been told. Liberal Democrat Baroness Sheehan said the “chaotic” demolition of
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Theresa May’s offer on residency rights for EU citizens following Brexit is “a first step, but not sufficient”, the president of the European Commission has said. Jean-Claude Juncker’s comment came
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Firms are being urged to step up their preparations for Brexit after a new study found that employers are “totally unprepared” for a fall in migration once Britain leaves the
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The Tory manifesto will keep the commitment to reducing net migration the “tens of thousands”, with Theresa May setting out a series of measures aimed at getting the numbers down.
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Pregnant women and new mothers are among thousands of refugees and asylum seekers left destitute in the UK, a leading charity has warned. The British Red Cross said it came
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More than 60,000 lone children applied for asylum in EU countries last year, new figures show. The bloc’s member states registered a total of 63,290 unaccompanied minors seeking international protection
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