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Nine more asylum seekers died in first half of 2023 than Home Office disclosed

Two FoI requests received different data, with one showing 14 people rather than five had died while living in asylum accommodation

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak's New Housing for Asylum Seekers Will Cost Taxpayers a Shocking £46m

A scathing report by the spending watchdog shows Sunak's plan for asylum seekers to be housed across RAF sites and in a barge will cost £46 million extra.

International Business Times UK

James Cleverly spent £165,000 on flight to Rwanda to sign deportation deal

Home secretary chartered a private jet to make the one-day round trip to Kigali in December

The Guardian - UK

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Police suspected of on-duty offences to be dealt with faster, Home Office says

Only cases with ‘reasonable prospect of conviction’ will be referred for criminal prosecution

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed for smuggling 52 migrants across Channel in ‘overcrowded’ dinghy

A man who piloted a small boat carrying more than 50 migrants to Britain from France has been jailed.

Evening Standard

Plans to move asylum seekers from hotels in tatters after NAO report

Report also discloses approval was rushed through without developing safety plans or consulting councils

The Guardian - UK

Home Office attempt to deport UK-born man was illegal, judge says

Tribunal finds that Dmitry Lima, who has never left the UK, is British citizen and should not be deported to Portugal

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office condemns ‘cruel’ Rwanda phone scam targeting asylum seekers

Scammers claim they can help people go to Rwanda in exchange for £3,000 government payment

The Guardian - UK

Famous Fulham restaurant could be left without staff due to Home Office skilled worker visa changes

‘I used to get 1,000 CVs every month, now I get 10,’ Gola restaurant owner Aaron Rutigliano says

Evening Standard

‘Their system is broken’: the people caught up in Home Office IT chaos

Thousands left with wrong photos and immigration status as database mixes up identities, affecting ability to work or claim benefits

The Guardian - UK

Home Office immigration database errors hit more than 76,000 people

Names, photos and immigration status being mixed up, preventing people applying for jobs and housing

The Guardian - UK

Call for refugees in UK to have twice as long to find homes after hotel evictions

Exclusive: Charities say Home Office should allow 56 days after near 1,000% rise in rough sleeping among accommodation leavers

The Guardian - UK

Home Office use of GPS tag on father-of-five found unlawful in first court case of its kind

The Home Office failed to regularly review the tag, which was non-functional for a period of 197 days

Evening Standard

Minister defends plan to pay thousands for migrants to go to Rwanda voluntarily

Labour says ministers are admitting defeat on their controversial deportation plan

Evening Standard

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Palestinian citizen of Israel granted UK asylum in case said to be unprecedented

‘Hasan’, 24, argued he would face persecution in Israel on grounds of his race, faith and its ‘apartheid regime’

The Guardian - UK

Civil servants threaten ministers with legal action over Rwanda bill

Union says Home Office staff could be in breach of international law if they implement deportations

The Guardian - UK

Home Office food provision leaving some asylum seekers malnourished – report

Research claims people have been hospitalised and children are ‘crying with hunger’ due to poor quality of food from contractors

The Guardian - UK

Home Office to accept calls for inquiry into asylum seeker centre, say sources

Ministers said to have dropped opposition to inquiry into alleged assaults and mistreatment of people at Manston centre

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Prevent counter-extremism programme budget to be slashed in London

Funding, which stood at £6.1m at the time of the general election, will fall to about £2m from April 2025

The Guardian - UK

Home Office admits it does not tell families when asylum seekers die in its care

Department says it does not want to reveal details of deaths publicly in case it ‘endangers relatives’ mental health’

The Guardian - UK

The Lords have pulled apart the cruel and Orwellian Rwanda bill – yet still, the Tories press on

Behind the parliamentary ping-pong are tens of thousands of refugees, left in perilous limbo by a broken system, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

International Business Times UK

Afghan Youth Orchestra Welcomed to UK After Home Office U-Turn and Border War Debates

More than 40 Afghanistan nationals have now had their performance visas granted, following a last-minute refusal from the Home Office.

Evening Standard

Home Office denies visas to young Afghan musicians, Southbank Centre says

The Afghan Youth Orchestra was due to travel to the UK to begin their UK tour at the Southbank Centre

Evening Standard

More than 300 migrants crossed Channel on day girl, 7, drowns

The child had been travelling with her pregnant mother in a boat carrying 16 people when it capsized

The Guardian - UK

Calls for inquiry after refugee children made to guess who got foster care in ‘game’

Twenty organisations including Refugee Council say children being failed and abused by Home Office

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