“Forgotten” refugees are being left hungry and homeless in England, a new report claims. They are being virtually abandoned by the government which has committed to protect them, according to
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The Government has killed off an attempt by peers to make Britain offer sanctuary to 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Europe despite concern from Tory backbenchers. Suggestions that Tory rebels
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The Government has paid more than £4 million in compensation to people held unlawfully in immigration detention centres in 2014-15. A Freedom of Information request by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire
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The Government is turning a “blind eye” on the “world’s poorest and most vulnerable” by failing to provide an “adequate response” to the European migrant crisis, according to a group
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Children as young as six are arriving in Britain without their parents to claim asylum, it has emerged. The disclosure came as local authority officials gave evidence to a Lords
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The Children’s Commissioner for England has called on authorities in France to speed up processing scores of lone child asylum seekers who may be eligible to come to the UK.
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Mark Rylance, Jude Law and Paloma Faith are among more than 90 stars calling on David Cameron to step up the Government’s commitment to reuniting refugees stranded across Europe with
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The Government has been defeated in the Lords as peers voted to allow 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into the country. Peers voted by 306 votes to 204, a majority of
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The Government has been defeated in the Lords over how long people can be held in detention under its flagship Immigration Bill. Peers voted by 187 votes to 170, a
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Ministers must call on more areas to house asylum seekers as Britain faces unprecedented demand for accommodation, MPs have said. The system for allocating housing was labelled “unfair” with the
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