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Record number of migrants crossing Channel for first half of year

Some 19,982 migrants have arrived in the UK after making the dangerous crossing up to the end of June this year, latest Home Office figures show.

The Independent UK

Channel migrant delivery riders arrested in swoop on London asylum hotels

Home Office demands fast-food firms ramp up security checks to curb illegal working

Evening Standard

MPs back Government bid to strip citizenship from ‘extremists’ during appeals

Security minister Dan Jarvis described ‘keeping our country safe’ as an ‘awesome task’.

Evening Standard

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Fast food delivery firms to ramp up security checks to curb illegal working

Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat met with Home Office bosses on Monday after concerns and reports of abuse in the sector.

Evening Standard

UK government agency not accepting eVisas as ID from job applicants

Home Office says system changes needed at SIA to allow eVisas, prompting fears of another Windrush-type scandal

The Guardian - UK

Man criticises Home Office for keeping visa fee of wife who died before reaching UK

Mohamed Jama says the Home Office should refund the £3,105 immigration health surcharge because his wife never made it to the UK

The Guardian - UK

Home Office staff concerned over 'absurd' ban on Palestine Action, reports say

THE decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation has been described as “absurd” by Home Office staff, it has been reported.

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Home Office staff concerned about ‘absurd’ Palestine Action ban, says senior civil servant

Anonymous source describes ‘tense atmosphere’ after Yvette Cooper announced plans to proscribe protest group

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainians who fled to UK being refused asylum on grounds it is ‘safe to return’

Law firm says it hears weekly from Ukrainians, including vulnerable women and children, who were turned down

The Guardian - UK

Ronald Clarke obituary

Crime scientist keen to severely limit the opportunities open to offenders rather than look for a tendency to offend

The Guardian - UK

Illegal workers repeatedly hired at famous Kensington café dedicated to Princess Diana

Some staff at Café Diana, which opened in 1989 opposite the gates of Kensington Palace, claimed they were being paid in food

Evening Standard

UK protest group Palestine Action denies Iran funding as it faces ban

Home Office to bar group under anti-terrorism laws, with officials said to be investigating possible Tehran funding

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s largest weapons firm lobbied Home Office on Palestine Action court case

ISRAEL’S largest weapons firm lobbied the Home Office for a retrial after criminal charges against Palestine Action’s co-founders were…

The National (Scotland)

British man says he fears for family trapped in Iran by Home Office appeal

US bombing increases fears for man’s parents and sister, who won tribunal ruling that they had right to live in UK

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Evening Standard

Migrant hotel stays prolonged as record numbers appeal rejected asylum claims

There were 50,976 outstanding appeals as of March, which is almost double the number compared to 2024

The Independent UK

More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel in small boats over two days

This brings the total for the year so far to 18,400.

The Independent UK

Syrian refugees challenge Home Office after being left in limbo over sanctuary applications

Syrian asylum and settlement decisions were paused after the fall of the Assad regime

The Guardian - UK

Remove decisions on lone child asylum seekers from Home Office, report says

Call for root-and-branch reform of treatment of children, many of whom are wrongly classified as adults

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The Independent UK

DWP shares what will happen to PIP claimants who lose their benefits to cuts

The DWP says it will provide those hit by the cuts with ‘generous’ protection

The Independent UK

‘I came to the UK to follow my dream career. The Home Office left me jobless’

A Brazilian student has been waiting for seven months to find out if she can remain

The Independent UK

Man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy detained by Home Office for 10 months despite doctor’s warning

The shocking case emerged in a report into immigration detention which warned sites are becoming increasingly unsafe due to overcrowding

The Independent UK

First Windrush Commissioner vows cultural change, accountability and action

Reverend Clive Foster is a senior pastor at the Pilgrim Church in Nottingham and is the son of parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1959.

The Guardian - UK

UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil

The Guardian - UK

Windrush scandal victims got less compensation due to lack of legal advice funding, review finds

Study finds claimants who challenged payouts after taking advice received huge increases, in one case from £300 to £170,000

Evening Standard

Government ‘focused’ on tackling smuggling gangs after minister’s boats claim

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said the majority of people crossing the Channel in small boats are ‘children, babies and women’.

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