Campaigners have called on the Home Secretary to change “unfair rules” which separate refugee families, with a video animation highlighting the “horrors” faced by children fleeing wartorn countries. The Refugee
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A lorry driver has denied being involved in an alleged human trafficking plot linked to the deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated container. Emergency services had been called to
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The Liberal Democrats have vowed to move thousands of staff from the Home Office to strip it of responsibility for immigration and asylum if they win the election. Labelling the
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The Home Office has lost a legal bid to overturn a court ruling which found it had detained asylum seekers unlawfully. The judgment may pave the way for a wave
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A lorry driver accused over the deaths of 39 migrants has pleaded guilty to plotting to assist illegal immigration. Maurice Robinson, 25, who was allegedly part of a global smuggling
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A children’s charity has praised the Government for beginning the repatriation process of British orphans from Syria. Save The Children said the act was a “triumph of compassion in the
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Three quarters of asylum seekers in the UK waited more than six months for an initial decision on their case in the last quarter of 2018, a new report shows.
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A public inquiry is to be held into allegations of abuse at a scandal-hit immigration detention centre. The investigation will have legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence about
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A partnership with Romanian police to tackle human trafficking at Glasgow Airport has been suspended due to Brexit uncertainty, according to Border Force staff. Officers had been travelling to Scotland
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Less than half of the people held in immigration detention centres last year were deported afterwards, according to a report. Of the 25,487 people who left detention in 2018, only
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