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Senior lawyers had told home secretary about risks of inflammatory rhetoric long before she referred to asylum seekers as an ‘invasion’

There is no perfect solution to immigration but one thing is clear: don’t dehumanise

Poor vetting leads to abuse, says report, as watchdog cites cases where officers have raped children.

In today’s newsletter: Veteran home affairs journalist Alan Travis weighs in for this survey, by the numbers, of how immigration became the dominant feature of the Home Office’s brief – and a near-constant issue

Capacity of Home Office systems ‘not sufficient’ to deal with asylum claims, warns Tory MP

My initial response to the revelation that Suella Braverman, the over- eventful Home Secretary, had sent messages from a private email was forbearing. A lot of people who did not like a Rightwing Home Secretary or her policies were confecting outrage to slam her: it seemed better to focus on…

Fresh questions over failure to prevent ‘wretched’ overcrowding of Manston processing centre

The number of migrants to have crossed the Channel in small boats this year has now hit 39,897 - here The Mirror answers all your questions on the ongoing crisis

Home secretary admits asylum system ‘is broken’ as row over her own security breaches continues