Analysis: From overhauling the asylum system to simply taking what refugees say seriously, some ideas to stop the small boatsAmid a rising number of small boats crossing the Channel, culminating in tragedy on Wednesday, campaigners and experts have pro…
Students who have lived in UK since childhood denied loans – report
Exclusive: Young migrants face Student Finance England tactics worse than ‘hostile environment’Thousands of students who have lived in the UK since childhood are being subjected to a regime described as even harsher than the Home Office’s “hostile envi…
Anti-HS2 protesters face eviction from Wendover camp
Activists, including veteran Swampy, barricade themselves inside tunnel at site in BuckinghamshireA group of environmental activists are facing eviction after barricading themselves inside a tunnel to protest against the HS2 rail project.The protesters…
Euston tunnel HS2 protesters walk free from court
Charges against six protesters dropped as HS2 was not carrying out work on the site at the timeSix environmental protesters who occupied a tunnel close to Euston station in protest against the HS2 high-speed link earlier this year walked free from cour…
UK asylum seekers in hotels should have been given money for phone calls, judge rules
High court decision could cost Home Office millions in back-paymentsA Home Office decision not to give thousands of asylum seekers money to make calls to friends and family during the pandemic has been ruled unlawful by the high court.The government co…
Home Office planned speedy removal of Vietnamese trafficking victims
Documents seen by Guardian refer to fast-track system not intended to be used in trafficking casesThe Home Office detained more than 100 Vietnamese nationals who arrived on small boats in May but planned to speedily remove them from the UK despite them…
Damning report published into death of baby born to teenager in prison cell
Inquiry into how 18-year-old gave birth on her own in HMP Bronzefield in Ashford finds many failingsA catalogue of failures among prison and health professionals has been highlighted in an investigation report into the death of a teenager’s baby after …
Home Office hotels for asylum seekers ‘akin to detention centres’ – report
Lawyers documented deterioration in health of asylum seekers while staying in accommodationConditions in hotels used by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers during the pandemic are akin to detention centres, according to a report that also say…
Afghanistan: former Chevening scholars accuse UK of abandoning them
Government has prioritised rescue of current scholars but estimated 70 alumni are still in countryA group of former Chevening scholars have accused the British government of abandoning them in Afghanistan, where they say their lives are at grave risk f…
Home Office spent almost £9m on deportation charter flights in 2020
At least 828 people were removed on charter flights last year, more than double the number removed in 2019The Home Office spent almost £9m on deportation charter flights last year, the Guardian has learned, including more than £500,000 for planes that …