All news on the topic: Home Office

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Avoid common BBQ blunder as food poisoning cases soar
Expert Mert Yashar has warned Brits to avoid one common BBQ mistake that could leave you with more than just a full belly
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Small boats, weather, hotels and Rwanda - the Channel migrant 'crisis' explained
The Downing Street media grid has designated this "small boats week", with a series of crackdowns announced and re-announced as the first migrants board the Bibby Stockholm barge
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Man hit by white van outside hotel at the centre of angry asylum seeker protests
A man has been taken to hospital after he is believed to have been hit by a van leaving the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, which is at the centre of a row over plans to house asylum seekers
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Local town mayor takes Suella Braverman to court over asylum seeker barge
Mayor of Portland Carralyn Parkes has accused the Home Secretary of failing to get the necessary planning permission for the Bibby Stockholm that will house up to 500 migrants
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RAF 'would refuse to fly Channel migrants to Ascension Island'
The idea to send asylum seekers to the South Atlantic has been revived by desperate Tories as thousands of migrants continue to cross the Channel to Britain
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Check the crime statistics in your area with our interactive widget
Criminal offences rose to approximately 6.74 million in 2022/23 - compared to 6.34 million in the previous year - and now you can track the crime rates near your postcode with the handy In Your Area widget
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First migrants board asylum seeker barge as Tory plan descends into chaos
Migrants have boarded the Bibby Stockholm moored on the Isle of Portland, with more due later today, as Downing Street was forced to correct a Home Office Minister over the numbers expected this week
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Desperate Tories revive plan to send migrants 4,000 miles to Ascension Island
Tory ministers once again are looking at proposals to move asylum seekers to the volcanic isle in the South Atlantic, which does not have a hospital or facilities for large numbers
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First migrants could board barge off Dorset today despite over-crowding fears
Ministers have refused to confirm exactly when asylum seekers will step onto the vessel moored on the Isle of Portland - but reports suggest it could happen within hours
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Man's right to stay in UK rejected due to links to countries he's never visited
A Nigerian national who has been in the UK for decades had his visa rejected due to links to Lebanon and India - countries he has never step foot in
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Afghan translator who put life in danger for UK begs PM to bring him to safety
An Afghan translator who put himself and his family in danger for the UK is still in limbo two years after the Taliban takeover despite being entitled to asylum in the UK
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Small boat crossings near 15,000 this year as barge undergoes 'safety checks'
Home Office data reveals 3,299 people made the journey across the Channel in 63 vessels in July - despite there being no recorded arrivals in the past week due to poor weather
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'Harrowing case of Black woman, 90, put in spit hood shows more humanity needed'
We are clearly not defending spitting at police, but if the woman has dementia, is elderly, distressed and confused then I’m sorry – I’m just not having it
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Probe call after Tory minister 'left briefcase of documents unattended on train'
Witnesses say they saw Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick leave his ministerial red box for at least four minutes on an LNER train as he headed back home to his Newark constituency
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Firm 'profiteering from misery' by providing migrant barges donated £70k to UKIP
The Langham family, owners of Langham Industries, is now set to profit from an 18-month contract with the Home Office to let the Bibby Stockholm berth at Portland, Dorset
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Home Office buys marquees for 2,000 migrants under Braverman's emergency plans
Labour's Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the move was another example of the Home Office 'flailing around' and failing to tackle criminal gangs organising border crossings
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Flight attendant saves child's life after noticing something unusual on plane
New figures from the ­Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority show the number of reports of modern slavery cases in the UK has reached its highest-ever level
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People smugglers 'given free pass by Tories' as convictions drop by a third
Labour has hit out after new figures showed just 253 people were convicted of people smuggling last year, compared to 398 back in 2010 - while the number of prosecutions plummeted by 25%
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Suella Braverman broke law putting lone children in hotels with 154 missing
In a High Court ruling Mr Justice Chamberlain said the routine housing of unaccompanied children in hotels was against the law, and said asylum seekers were treated "less favourably"
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Police probe 'ads placed by sex traffickers' in Suella Braverman's constituency
Dame Diana Johnson reported more than 70 online sex adverts on "pimping website" VivaStreet to Hampshire Police - which serves the Home Secretary's Fareham patch - after spotting ‘red flags’ suggesting links to trafficking gangs
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'I nearly missed my best mate's stag do as passport was three days out of date'
James Crane was not aware the rules had changed since Brexit and that travelling to the EU on a UK passport that was issued more than 10 years ago is not permitted
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'Irony of people working with homeless but unable to pay own rent is laughable'
Staff at homeless charity St Mungo’s have been on strike for nine weeks over 'poverty wages' and what Unite the Union says is a 'paltry' pay offer of 3.7%
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'Vital disability news the Tories sneaked out while we were distracted by BBC'
Often when the news is dominated by big stories, it seems that governments and big corporations like to bury the bodies, so to speak
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'Cruel and unworkable small boats plan is a catastrophe waiting to happen'
Writing for the Daily Mirror, Ann Salter - who works with traumatised survivors as a Clinical Services Manager at charity Freedom from Torture, warns that being on the water will inevitably lead to re-traumatisation as the Bibby Stockholm barge is docked in Dorset
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Mega barge that will host 500 asylum seekers arrives as migrant plan becomes law
The Bibby Stockholm docked on the Isle of Portland this morning and is expected to begin receiving asylum seekers within weeks