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UK taps Alexander Downer for ‘independent’ oversight of asylum seeker deportation plan

Former Howard-era foreign secretary was involved in setting up controversial offshore processing regime in Australia

The Guardian - AU

UK ministers accused of giving mixed signals over migrant workers

Labour calls for clarity for businesses after home secretary appears to contradict chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Number of migrants crossing the Channel this year edges closer to 33,000

The Ministry of Defence recorded 499 people making the journey on Thursday in 10 boats, taking the provisional total for 2022 to date to 32,807.

The Independent UK

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Fears migrant children could be sent to Rwanda by mistake

Campaigners warn over Home Office rulings

Wales Online

Fears migrant children could be mistakenly sent to Rwanda

The Refugee Council raised concerns over Home Office ‘errors’ in assessing the age of asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

Albanian asylum seekers will not be fast-tracked for deportation in Home Office U-turn OLD REDIRECTED

Home Office lawyers conceeded that deportations will be very limited in letter to refugee charity

The Independent UK

More than 1,000 people cross the Channel in small boats

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that 21 boats were intercepted on Thursday carrying 1,150 people.

The Independent UK

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Channel crossings to the UK this year go past 30,000 – more than for the whole of 2021

More people than ever coming over on small boats

Wales Online

More migrants cross Channel as annual total nears 30,000

Special tents set up at Dover to keep people covered while they are processed

The Independent UK

Channel crossings to the UK in 2022 pass 30,000

The figure is well above the total for the whole of 2021, when 28,561 crossings were recorded.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel spotted marshalling queues to see Queen lying in state

The former home secretary was seen volunteering in a blue high-vis jacket as thousands lined up to pay their respects.

The Independent UK

Ex-home secretary Priti Patel marshalls queue to see Queen’s coffin

The backbench MP was seen posing with mourners while wearing a blue hi-vis vest

The Independent UK

Senior SNP adviser to rejoin party after 'racist' tweet about Priti Patel

Tim Rideout, a former member of the SNP policy development committee, agreed to undergo an anti-racism course following comments he made on social media.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson’s former race adviser says Truss would not be PM without diversity scheme

Samuel Kasumu says Liz Truss would not have been elected without scheme prioritising women and minority candidates

The Guardian - UK

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Wales Online

More migrants cross English Channel to UK so far this year than in whole of 2021

The provisional total number of people who have made the perilous journey so far in 2022 is 28,561

The Guardian - UK

Number of people crossing Channel in small boats exceeds 2021 total

Provisional number for 2022 so far is 28,561, despite announcement of controversial Rwanda plan

The Independent UK

More migrants crossed Channel so far this year than all of 2021, figures suggest

Last year’s total was 28,526, according to official figures.

The Independent UK

New boss of Britain’s biggest police force starts work

Sir Mark Rowley has begun his new job as Metropolitan Police Commissioner on Monday during unsettled times for the force.

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Suella Braverman sets Home Office ‘No boats crossing the Channel’ target

New home secretary upsets civil servants with speech on migrants, trashy TV and back-to-office call

The Guardian - UK

New Met chief boosts ‘Line of Duty’ unit to root out prejudice and corruption

Exclusive: Mark Rowley has 100-day plan to turn force around after it was placed into special measures

The Guardian - UK

How red flags were brushed aside to push through Rwanda deal

Documents disclosed to high court case show repeated warnings about asylum processing plan

The Independent UK

UK has ‘assurances’ that Rwanda will honour asylum seeker deal, High Court told

Rwandan authorities have given ‘detailed assurances’ over the processing of asylum claims, Home Office lawyers argued.

The Independent UK

Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda not a penalty, High Court told

The UN Refugee Agency has previously told judges that the Government’s Rwanda plan is ‘incompatible with UK’s fundamental obligations’.

Evening Standard

‘The shelf-life of a beetroot’: how Kwasi Kwarteng lasted just 38 days as Chancellor

As Liz Truss sacks her right-hand man less than six weeks into the job, Katie Strick charts the rise and fall of the man in charge of last month’s “disastrous” mini-budget

Wales Online

Rows with Marcus Rashford and controversial views on abortion: The new members of Liz Truss's cabinet

Liz Truss's cabinet includes many figures who have been caught up in controversies over their opinions

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