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Ruling over child asylum seekers in hotels ‘landmark day for children’s rights’

A High Court ruling which found the Home Office’s use of hotels to house lone child asylum seekers is unlawful has been hailed as a “landmark day for children’s rights”. The charity Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT) brought legal ...

27 Jul 2023 at 17:01

How has the law changed now the Illegal Migration Bill has royal assent?

The Illegal Migration Bill became an Act of Parliament after being given royal assent, meaning the Government’s sweeping asylum reforms have become law. While officials are still working on when the Act will come into force, it is anticipated ...

21 Jul 2023 at 17:58

Home Office considers fitting migrants with electronic tags – report

The Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers arriving in the UK via unauthorised means with electronic tags, it has been reported. The Times said officials are mulling it as a way to prevent migrants who cannot be housed in limited ...

27 Aug 2023 at 22:48

Braverman insists Government has done ‘really well’ on Bibby Stockholm barge

Suella Braverman defended the Government’s handling of the Bibby Stockholm barge as she admitted that “various procedures” need to be completed before migrants are returned to the vessel. The floating accommodation has been out of use ...

20 Sept 2023 at 10:14

New arrivals appear to take Channel crossings to more than 100,000 since 2018

The number of people crossing the English Channel on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years could have passed 100,000 following fresh arrivals of migrants on lifeboats on Thursday. PA news agency analysis of Government figures ...

10 Aug 2023 at 12:50

Migrants rescued as number of people crossing Channel ‘hits 100,000 since 2018’

Several migrants have been rescued from the English Channel as the number of people crossing on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years appeared to reach 100,000. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which aided the ...

10 Aug 2023 at 18:31

Minister defends immigration lawyer task force as critics brand it ‘red herring’

The Justice Secretary has defended the Government’s announcement of a “task force” targeting corrupt immigration lawyers as critics branded it a “red herring” to distract from the asylum backlog. Alex Chalk said the Whitehall unit, ...

08 Aug 2023 at 14:13

Small boat arrivals continue as Channel crossings set to top 17,000

Small boat crossings are continuing as the number of migrants arriving in the UK via the English Channel looks set to top 17,000 so far in 2023. About 50 suspected asylum seekers were seen being brought ashore on the Kent coast by ...

16 Aug 2023 at 17:11

Migrant barge ‘not a deathtrap’, Cabinet minister insists

A Cabinet minister has insisted a giant barge due to house asylum seekers is not a “deathtrap”. Grant Shapps dismissed a warning from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which reportedly plans to write to the Home Office over concerns ...

02 Aug 2023 at 14:22

Union demands meeting with Home Secretary over Bibby barge fire safety fears

The firefighters’ union has called for an urgent meeting with the Home Secretary over safety concerns raised about a giant barge due to house migrants. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said it has written to Suella Braverman asking ...

02 Aug 2023 at 21:48

Asylum seekers will go onto barge in ‘coming weeks’, says Dowden

Asylum seekers will be housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge in the “coming weeks”, the Deputy Prime Minister has insisted amid delays over safety concerns. Oliver Dowden said the Government was “confident” that the problems can ...

03 Aug 2023 at 09:47

Warnings that vulnerable child migrants at risk after ‘flawed’ age assessments

Many traumatised child refugees are being put at risk of abuse after being wrongly assessed as adults on their arrival in the UK, campaigners have said. Flaws in the Home Office’s approach to determining the age of new ...

22 Jan 2024 at 22:00

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