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Tagging reported to be preferred fallback to detaining those arriving in UK by unauthorised meansThe Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers arriving in the UK via unauthorised means with electronic tags, it has been reported.Officials are mu…
Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby StockholmSuella Braverman’s stalled plan to house asylum seekers on a giant barge is facing a major legal hurdle after firefighters launched a judicial review claimin…
Human rights group finds growing number of cases of minors held among prisonersVulnerable children who arrive in Britain by small boat are being placed in an adult prison that holds significant numbers of sex offenders.A growing number of cases have be…
Thirty-nine people who were briefly onboard write to Suella Braverman describing their fear and despair Thirty-nine asylum seekers who were briefly accommodated on the Home Office’s controversial Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset have said conditions onb…
Pressure to reduce backlog remains acute as arrivals continue and accommodation problems mountMore than 175,000 awaiting asylum decisionIn a landmark speech on immigration last December, Rishi Sunak made a series of bold and apparently undeliverable co…
Independent monitoring board reports ‘high likelihood of real harm’ if deportation policy implemented Eleven people earmarked for the first deportation flight to Rwanda staged a hunger strike to protest about their forced removal, according to a report…
Ministers had planned to issue visa waivers to cover staff absences on barge housing asylum seekersThe Home Office considered drafting in workers from overseas using a visa waiver scheme in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease on the contr…
Watchdog says policy on prescribed drugs could lead to a medical emergency and endanger livesA watchdog has condemned the Home Office for confiscating life-saving prescription drugs from people it detains.Rules requiring guards to take away prescribed …
Exclusive: Bereaved accuse authorities of cover-up as CPS decides there is insufficient evidence to prosecuteThe families of the 21 people killed in the Birmingham pub bombings have been told a police reinvestigation of the 1974 atrocities has failed a…
Recruits on full salary while waiting months for permission to work at Kent site due to lengthy security checksMore than 100 people recruited to work as guards at the Manston camp in Kent have spent months on full pay without being allowed to do any wo…