MPs express concern over dozens of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children being placed in hotelsSome of the 7,000 Afghan refugees who are currently being housed in hotels are likely still to be in emergency hotel accommodation by the end of the year, th…
Windrush victims launch legal action over compensation delays
Henry Vaughan and Fitzroy Maynard sue Home Office, saying delays have caused them years of stressTwo victims of the Windrush scandal have launched legal proceedings against the Home Office over protracted delays in issuing compensation, asking for clar…
A friend in need: volunteers rush to help refugees feel at home in UK
Up to 50 people a day are signing up to offer help to Afghans who fled the TalibanThe UK’s largest refugee befriending scheme has closed applications in London following a meteoric rise in sign-ups amid the Afghanistan withdrawal.Until recently HostNat…
Asylum seeker given £100,000 hospital bill after suffering stroke
Simba Mujakachi says government’s ‘hostile environment’ policies deterred him from taking medicationSimba Mujakachi, a personal trainer, was just 29 years old in June 2019 when he suffered a catastrophic stroke that left him comatose. When he awoke, he…
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…
Afghan refugees in UK quarantine hotels treated like ‘prisoners’
Afghans evacuated to UK say they have been left in quarantine conditions longer than necessaryAfghans evacuated to the UK feel like prisoners after being left trapped in quarantine conditions longer than necessary, several of them have told the Guardia…
The Guardian view on families separated by Brexit: where’s the compassion? | Editorial
Returning British nationals who made a home in the EU with foreign spouses are being treated appallinglyIn Franz Kafka’s The Trial, a blameless citizen wakes up one day to find himself under suspicion for no good reason. It was, presumably, never the i…
Care homes urge easing of rules on overseas workers to avert staffing crisis
Over 70,000 care home staff will have to leave sector in November unless they get two Covid jabsCare home leaders are urging the government to lift restrictions on low-paid foreign workers entering the UK to help solve a worsening staffing crisis, whic…
The Tory cabinet of mediocrities – cartoon
They all seem to be making it up as they go along, from immigration to social care• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading…
Statue celebrating the NHS’s Windrush nurses unveiled in London
Memorial commemorates health workers across Commonwealth who answered service’s decades-long call for recruitsA statue commemorating the 40,000 Windrush and Commonwealth midwives and nurses who have answered the call to work for the NHS has been unveil…