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Sunak to join EU leaders at asylum summit to address failings
As official figures show public spending on system has quadrupled under Tories, PM to attend border security meeting in Moldova

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

31, May, 2023 @9:30 PM

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Manston asylum centre could be overwhelmed again within weeks, staff warn
Exclusive: Staff at processing centre say lack of ‘upstream accommodation’ could see return to conditions that led to disease and violence

Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor

30, May, 2023 @5:56 PM

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Nearly 70% of rape victims drop out of investigations in England and Wales
Exclusive: MoJ statistics unearthed by Labour as party presses Rishi Sunak to improve conviction rates

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

30, May, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Braverman bill could lead to 3,000 asylum seekers being deported a month
Exclusive: leaked documents on illegal migration bill also say legal aid fees will need to rise in order to ensure legal cover

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

25, May, 2023 @7:10 PM

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Why Sunak is latest in long line of Tory PMs unable to cut net migration
Acute labour shortages in sectors from health to fishing, exacerbated by Brexit, driving need to allow more non-EU workers into country

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

25, May, 2023 @4:52 PM

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Rishi Sunak faces Tory backlash as net migration reaches record high
Prime minister says numbers are ‘too high’ after ONS data showing net migration into UK for 2022 was 606,000

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

25, May, 2023 @1:39 PM

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Braverman announces new limits on overseas students bringing family to UK
Only students on courses designated as research programmes will be able to bring dependants under home secretary’s policy

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

23, May, 2023 @9:37 PM

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Civil servants ‘have to fact-check’ Suella Braverman’s claims to cabinet
Exclusive: Home secretary under further scrutiny as sources say she has repeatedly made ‘basic errors’ in No 10 meetings

Aubrey Allegretti, Rowena Mason and Rajeev Syal

23, May, 2023 @6:06 PM

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Top Home Office mandarin knew of Braverman’s alleged speeding request
Permanent secretary told about alleged request in autumn, say sources, as home secretary fails to calm Tory nerves in Commons

Rajeev Syal, Pippa Crerar and Aubrey Allegretti

22, May, 2023 @6:58 PM

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Rishi Sunak says he is ‘crystal clear’ that he wants to reduce immigration – as it happened
Prime minister says he wants level of net immigration to fall below the 500,000 it was when he took over

Tom Ambrose

19, May, 2023 @3:59 PM

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Sunak and Braverman must look beyond borders to resolve net immigration row
Home secretary’s proposal to cut work visas likely to exacerbate post-Brexit staff shortages in low-wage industries

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

19, May, 2023 @1:09 PM

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Soldiers to be trained to check passports amid UK fears of summer travel chaos
Exclusive: Unions say move will diminish national security, with temporary staff unable to detain suspected terrorists

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

19, May, 2023 @12:15 PM

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