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Asylum seeker barge docks in Dorset amidst rival protests
A barge critics have likened to a ‘quasi-prison’ has docked in the Dorset port where it will house 500 asylum seekers.
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‘Too much in a small place,’ – Welsh village responds after bid to stop arrival of 300 asylum seekers rejected by High Court
A High Court judge in London has rejected an eleventh-hour effort by a county council in Wales to prevent the arrival of potentially up to 300 asylum seekers.
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Government to take asylum ruling to Supreme Court
Rwanda is not a safe third country for asylum seekers to be sent to. Rishi Sunak disagrees and the government will appeal against today’s decision, as the policy is a key part of his promise to deter people from crossing the Channel to the UK on small boats.
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Ministers could spend £169,000 on every asylum seeker forcibly removed to Rwanda
Ministers have admitted that their new illegal migration policy will have to deter nearly four in 10 small boat crossings before it saves money for the taxpayer.
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What happened to 200 missing asylum seeking children?
When the government revealed earlier this year that 200 unaccompanied asylum seeker children were missing from Home Office-provided hotels, it made headlines around the world.
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RAF Scampton: residents react to proposals to house 2,000 asylum seekers at airbase
RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire is best known for being where the “dambusting” bomber squadron was based during the Second World War. The huge site closed for military use back in March with the Government saying it wants to accommodate up to two thousand people there who are seeking asylum. The local council and…
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Housing asylum seekers in ex-military bases is ‘wholly inappropriate’, says Refugee Council chief exec
We were joined by Enver Solomon, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council.
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Central Mediterranean route sees 300 fold increase of asylum seekers and migrants – is deterrence working?
For so many of those setting off on perilous journeys across the Mediterranean, the departure point is the northern coast of Africa.
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Inside the village divided over asylum seekers
A starkly divided over the arrival of over 200 asylum seekers.
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‘Conservative incompetence on this is jaw dropping’: Shadow immigration minister on Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy
We spoke to Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, Stephen Kinnock.
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Rishi Sunak says two new barges will be used to house asylum seekers
Rishi Sunak took to the English Channel today – insisting his plan to stop asylum seekers doing the same was working.
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UK asylum claim backlog highest since records began
We take a deeper look at some of the numbers in today’s release of official statistics on a different aspect of migration: the government’s pledge to reduce the backlog of asylum seekers awaiting a decision.
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FactCheck: government on track to fail key asylum pledge, our analysis of new data suggests
New stats cast doubt on Rishi Sunak’s ability to abolish the legacy backlog by the end of this year.
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Gary Lineker stands by his criticism of the government’s Rwanda asylum policy
Just two months after he was made to step back from presenting Match of the Day for using his social media platforms to express support for migrants and refugees, former England football captain Gary Lineker has been given a human rights award in Italy.
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Another asylum seeker housed in a hotel in Leicestershire may have taken his own life (Dubbed)
This programme understands that another asylum seeker housed in a hotel in Leicestershire may have taken his own life.