A former army barracks being used by the Home Office to house asylum seekers is “unsafe and entirely unsuitable”, the High Court has heard. The Napier Barracks in Kent (pictured)
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Home Secretary Priti Patel has defended her overhaul of asylum seeker rules from allegations they are “inhumane” as she confirmed the UK will look at sending migrants overseas for processing.
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Peers have defeated the Government in demanding steps to ensure migrant women are not deterred from reporting domestic abuse due to the fear of deportation. The House of Lords backed
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The Home Secretary caused a legal storm with an “ill-advised” tweet about the deaths of 39 migrants while the people-smuggling trial was going on. On October 23, the anniversary of
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An “unscrupulous” gang of people-smugglers are facing years behind bars for their part in the deaths of 39 migrants. The Vietnamese victims, aged between 15 and 44, suffocated in the
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Syrian families have shared their experiences of their first Christmases in the UK for a video. Charity Migrant Help has released a film featuring five Syrian refugee families who have
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A victim of trafficking has been left “unemployed, dehumanised and penalised” as a result of the Home Office’s “astonishing” delay in deciding whether she has leave to remain in the
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The Home Office has been accused of a “wholly unacceptable failure” after rapidly moving thousands of asylum seekers into hotels around the country amid the pandemic. A report by the
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A new study examining alcohol use by asylum seekers has found long waiting times for claims to be determined, together with social isolation and poverty, can contribute to problem drinking.
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The Government has stripped out protections for lone child refugees from flagship immigration legislation that will end EU freedom-of-movement rules in the UK. MPs voted 327 votes to 264 –
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