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Protesters could try to block asylum seekers being brought to Bibby Stockholm

Home Office is expected to start bringing people back to be accommodated on the barge at Portland, Dorset, on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Laughing gas to become illegal in three weeks, with dealers facing up to 14 years in prison

Having nitrous oxide will be illegal from November 8 and serious repeat offenders face up to two years in prison, the Home Office has said

Evening Standard

Laughing gas to become illegal in November

Having nitrous oxide will be illegal from November 8 and serious repeat offenders face up to two years in prison, the Home Office has said.

The Independent UK

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Food supplies brought aboard Bibby Stockholm

All necessary tests on the vessel have been completed, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

MoJ to free up cells by deporting more foreign prisoners and axing short terms

Justice secretary planning to remove overseas criminals after six months and give more community sentences in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Portland mayor mounts legal challenge against council over Bibby Stockholm

Urgent hearing comes days before Home Office is due to return asylum seekers to barge in Portland

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Bibby Stockholm: behold, the great floating fiasco

Editorial: Even as Suella Braverman dehumanises asylum seekers, she throws them into communities with next to no consultation

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Deputy Children’s Commissioner appointed to anti-slavery role

The position had been vacant since Dame Sara Thornton finished her term in April 2022.

The Independent UK

Promises over treatment of asylum seekers in Rwanda ‘aspirational’, court told

Lawyers for the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, made their legal arguments on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Home Office accused of accepting Rwanda’s promises on UK asylum plan without scrutiny

The government is challenging a Court of Appeal ruling that Rwanda deportation plans are illegal

The Independent UK

Home Office drops plan to house asylum seekers in Llanelli hotel

Stradey Park hotel was intended to accommodate up to 241 people but proposal attracted protests

The Guardian - UK

UK visa rules pose 'significant' risk to offshore wind industry, top lawyer says

OFFSHORE renewables projects in the UK are facing barriers due to the strict new immigration rules from the Home Office, a lawyer at a top…

The National (Scotland)

Government completes purchase of site proposed for asylum seekers, council says

A council leader said the government has bought a former prison in East Sussex but that no final decision has been made on its use.

The Independent UK

Controversial asylum hotel plans dropped

The Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli was due to house up to 241 people, a move that was opposed by the council and led to protests.

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Asylum seekers being told they will be able to return to Bibby Stockholm barge

The vessel, docked in Portland Port, has been out of use since August.

The Independent UK

Migrants reveal fear over being told to return to ‘death trap’ Bibby Stockholm after legionella scare

Home Office starts telling asylum seekers they will be moved back onto barge

The Guardian - UK

Home Office to send asylum seekers back to Bibby Stockholm barge

Notices say people will return to vessel next week, after legionella was found onboard in August

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda accused of broad campaign of repression against dissidents

Human Rights Watch report detailing alleged abuses at home and abroad raises questions over UK government’s asylum plan

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The Independent UK

Rwandan asylum system ‘woefully deficient’, Supreme Court told

The Government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to the east Africa nation is being considered by the UK’s highest court

Evening Standard

‘Trust us’ on Rwanda, says government in Supreme Court battle to save flagship immigration policy

A three-day hearing at the UK’s highest court began on Monday.

The Independent UK

Rwanda has ‘powerful incentives’ to stick to terms of deportation deal, Home Office tell Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is considering whether government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda ‘tortures and murders’, supreme court asylum plan hearing told

Home Office brings fresh legal challenge after court of appeal ruled UK’s deportation policy unlawful

The Independent UK

Rwanda safe but ‘less attractive’ than UK, Supreme Court told

A three-day hearing at the UK’s highest court began on Monday.

Evening Standard

Supreme Court battle over government’s Rwanda deportation policy begins

The Home Office is bringing a challenge after the Court of Appeal ruled in June that the plans to deport asylum seekers to the country are unlawful.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court set to decide on Rwanda policy after Home Office challenge

Home Office bringing a challenge after Court of Appeal ruled plans to deport asylum seekers were unlawful

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