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‘When I came to, I was face down on a bed...’: The horrific truth about drink spiking and why it is still rising

The home secretary’s joke about using a date rape drug shows why society still has a long way to go in confronting this crime. Olivia Petter talks to victims, experts and campaigners about the awful reality of spiking – and how to stop it

The Independent UK

Asylum accommodation to be excluded from social housing landlords crackdown

Charities say not extending Awaab’s law to asylum housing ‘totally unacceptable’ and will create two-tier system

The Guardian - UK

Actors, musicians and campaigners call for faster Windrush compensation

Lady Doreen Lawrence, Adrian Lester and Annie Lennox among those putting pressure on Home Office to speed up process

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office blamed for NHS bills paid by mothers stuck in UK amid pandemic

Women who were forced to give birth in UK by visa delays say ministers promised they would not be penalised

The Guardian - UK

£250million black hole may risk policing in London, warns Met

Scotland Yard says rising demand and changing crime patterns are among the causes of the huge gap in its budget for the next financial year

Evening Standard

UK government urged to review £2bn in Fujitsu contracts amid Horizon scandal

Japanese company’s Horizon IT system caused accounting errors that were blamed on post office operators

The Guardian - UK

Man found dead on Bibby Stockholm 'lay undiscovered for 12 hours', roommate says

Former Commonwealth Games competitor Yusuf Deen Kargbo says he was not offered support after his roommate's death

Evening Standard

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Man found dead on Bibby Stockholm lay undiscovered for 12 hours, roommate says

Exclusive: Leonard Farruku’s former roommate was offered no support after being relocated to another room without belongings

The Guardian - UK

Médecins Sans Frontières treating refugees housed in home secretary’s constituency

War zone NGO holds clinics for traumatised migrants at RAF Wethersfield in James Cleverly’s Braintree constituency

The Guardian - UK

Yet another asylum farce: Migrant camp condemned by home secretary moves ‘torture victims’ into hotels

Exclusive: Crisis evacuation of some 100 migrants from a camp that Priti Patel said was unfit for purpose and James Cleverly promised to close, government forced to reveal to Independent

The Independent UK

Spanish woman removed from UK after returning from Christmas holiday

Woman was detained overnight and removed despite presenting Home Office documents showing her right to work and live in UK

The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody can disturb us here’: Refugees start afresh in Manchester thanks to charity’s support

Boaz Trust, a member of one of the Guardian and Observer 2023 charity appeal partners, gets people back on their feet

The Guardian - UK

UK Not Supplying Migrant Boats Information to France Says French Audit Report

A recent report, published by a French audit organisation, accused the UK government of supplying un-crosschecked patchy information, which prevented France from stopping migrant boats across the English Channel.

International Business Times UK

Statistics watchdog to investigate Sunak’s claims about clearing asylum backlog

The prime minister had claimed that the government have cleared the asylum backlog – despite nearly 100,000 cases remaining

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Statistics watchdog to scrutinise Sunak’s claim the asylum backlog has been ‘cleared’

The UK Statistics Authority said the announcement would be investigated

The National (Scotland)

Watchdog launches probe into Rishi Sunak’s claim that asylum backlog ‘cleared’

Rishi Sunak’s claim that ministers have “cleared” the asylum backlog is being investigated by the official statistics watchdog after…

Evening Standard

Leonard Farruku: Fundraiser for man who died on Bibby Stockholm close to doubling £10,000 target

The family of Leonard Farruku launched an appeal to help repatriate his body to Albania

The National (Scotland)

Family of man who died on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to bring body home

THE family of a man believed to have killed himself on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland have said they have had to turn to crowdfunding to…

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The Guardian - UK

Family of man found dead on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to repatriate his body

Leonard Farruku’s family ‘facing a double tragedy with not being able to have his body back home’ in Albania

The Guardian - UK

Immigration statistics row kicks off general election year

Future debates will focus on government promises and use of Home Office statistics

International Business Times UK

Met Police Reports Hamas Attack on Israel Caused Rise In Antisemitic Incidents And Islamophobic Hate Crimes

Religious hate crime data collected by the Metropolitan Police showed a shocking level of antisemitic incidents in the UK as figures went from below 50 to above 200 after the Hamas attack on Israel.

The Guardian - UK

When is an asylum backlog not a backlog? When Rishi Sunak says he has ‘cleared it’

The Home Office claims to have fulfilled all its promises. Here’s what the numbers really tell us, says civil liberties writer Diane Taylor

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak engulfed by row over ‘false’ asylum statistics as 100,000 migrants still stuck in backlog

Labour accused the PM of ‘barefaced lie’ after figures showed 4,500 so-called legacy claims are still outstanding

The Guardian - UK

Cleverly says UK asylum backlog cleared as almost 100,000 wait for decision

Figures show 98,599 people awaiting a decision, as ministers face questions over unresolved ‘legacy’ cases being counted as cleared

Evening Standard

Restaurant and building trades targeted in more raids on illegal working, says Home Secretary James Cleverly

James Cleverly admitted the Home Office does not keep track of asylum seekers who leave Britain

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