Immigration minister Caroline Nokes has agreed to allow Glasgow City Council to individually assess all asylum seekers embroiled in a lock change row. Ms Nokes (pictured) met council leader Susan
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Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has insisted the Home Office’s “cruel” immigration policy requires an “injection of humanity”. Mr Yousaf, who was promoted to the role in June, hit out as
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The Home Office’s handling of more than 1,000 lone child refugees living in the Calais “Jungle” when it was dismantled has been branded a “shocking denial of children’s rights”. In
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The UK should end the indefinite detention of immigrants, the UN refugee agency has urged. Home Secretary Sajid Javid has pledged to look at the issue and plans to review
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UK ministers are being urged to provide “more generous” assistance for Syrian refugees in England after researchers found those who had been resettled in Scotland were better supported and happier.
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Detention of vulnerable women at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre will end in a pilot scheme announced by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. The announcement of the trial to MPs comes
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More than 43,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Home Office not to deport two teenage brothers from Scotland. Areeb Umeed Bakhsh (left), 13, and his brother Somer
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A Nigerian couple living in England unlawfully have claimed asylum after telling immigration officials that their two daughters will be subjected to female genital mutilation if they return to Nigeria.
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Legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants has been reinstated following a five-year legal battle between the Government and the Children’s Society. Justice Minister Lucy Frazer confirmed that the scope of
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A Caribbean journalist granted asylum in Britain after saying he was at risk as a result of exposing human rights abuses by police has become embroiled in family court litigation
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