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Home Office pledge follows threats of Tory backbench rebellion against controversial illegal migration billMinisters have pledged to only detain refugee children in “exceptional circumstances” under a new asylum bill after threats of a rebellion from b…
The lack of a common stance towards the crisis by Member States and the complexity of EU policy-making diminishes the value of the EU as a trustworthy regional and global player.
Asylum seekers are enduring conditions worse than prison as they wait in hotels for claims to be processedAsylum seekers have been forced to live for a year in windowless rooms smaller than prison cells, served food so dire it is blamed for causing dia…
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European lawmakers say that after seven years of deadlock it could be the final chance to resolve the issue The European parliament has approved a series of proposals to overhaul the EU asylum system in a bid to end a years-long deadlock over the issu…
Dominic Raab denies wrongdoing after report on his behaviour delivered to Rishi Sunak this morningToday’s announcement by the Association of School and College Leaders that it is to hold a formal ballot for national strike action for the first time in …
Exclusive: Brook House staff physically prevented asylum seekers awaiting deportation from taking own livesAsylum seekers awaiting deportation at a detention centre were physically prevented from taking their own lives or self-harming on 18 occasions l…
Dozens of mostly sub-Saharan Africans have drowned in region in recent weeks trying to reach EuropeAt least 25 people have died after a boat carrying people from sub-Saharan Africa towards Europe sank off the coast of Tunisia.Fifteen bodies were discov…
Researchers say improved health screening of people arriving in small boats is needed to prevent outbreaksHealth experts are calling for better care for asylum seekers as research reveals small boat crossings have been linked to a sharp increase in dip…
Nearly 28,000 people arrived via sea route in first quarter, Frontex says, as UN decries deadliest period since 2017Three times as many people sought to reach the EU across the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 compared with a year before…