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AI poses national security threat, warns terror watchdog
Security services fear the new technology could be used to groom vulnerable people
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
04, Jun, 2023 @6:00 AM
Record number of young in the UK ‘at risk of exploitation’ this summer
Barnardo’s fears the cost of living crisis will leave families unable to afford holiday activities, leaving children prey to sexual predators online and criminal gangs on the street
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
04, Jun, 2023 @6:00 AM
Met officers accused of not assisting in inquiry of man who drowned in Thames
The family of Oladeji Omishore, who died soon after being Tasered by an officer, launches legal action against police watchdog
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
03, Jun, 2023 @4:00 PM
Refugees seriously injured on razor-wire fence UK helped build to keep asylum seekers out of EU
Government accused of backing ‘inhumane’ policies as 16 people are badly hurt by barrier blocking entry via Poland from Belarus
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
27, May, 2023 @12:05 PM
‘I miss Ukraine’: the real-life stories behind UK immigration statistics
Some are fleeing persecution and war. Some are studying. Others are bringing their professional skills to the benefit of society
Mark Townsend Shanti Das and Emma Graham-Harrison
21, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
UK government’s anti-migrant rhetoric is ‘feeding’ the far right, claims campaign group
Hope not Hate analysis has pinpointed spikes in hostility whenever ministers speak negatively about refugees
Mark Townsend
21, May, 2023 @7:30 AM
Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr facing heavy legal costs in Arron Banks case
Criticism over latest development in long-running libel dispute between the leading Brexit backer and the journalist
Mark Townsend Home affairs editor
20, May, 2023 @3:42 PM
Home Office accused of being ‘unashamedly racist’ towards Sudanese
Experts believe the UK has adopted a segregated immigration policy which favours those fleeing Ukraine
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
07, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
Met accused of ‘siding’ with rightwing group in anti-drag act protest
Supporters of drag queen lodge complaint over police behaviour during latest ‘culture war’ confrontation
Mark Townsend Home affairs editor
07, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
UK cracks down on cold calls and text scams offering financial products
Government to extend powers to target fakes and fraudsters
Mark Townsend
30, Apr, 2023 @7:01 AM
UK coastguard ‘left Channel migrants adrift’ in lead-up to mass drowning
Investigation reveals that at least 440 people appear to have been abandoned in the weeks before the worst Channel disaster in 30 years
Aaron Walawalkar, Eleanor Rose and Mark Townsend
29, Apr, 2023 @5:44 PM
‘Horror beyond words’: how Channel distress calls were ‘ignored’ 19 times before 2021 disaster
Investigation reveals that understaffed Dover control room was overwhelmed by calls from people in trouble before 27 died at sea
Aaron Walawalkar, Eleanor Rose and Mark Townsend
29, Apr, 2023 @5:44 PM
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