Immigration and asylum

Suella Braverman’s Rwanda flight ‘dream’ could happen this year, sources say
Home secretary reportedly believes European court of human rights will rule on policy by end of 2023
Rajeev Syal and Peter Walker
06, Feb, 2023 @6:07 PM

Liz Truss says it is ‘unfair’ to blame her mini-budget for interest rate hike and rules out being PM again – as it happened
UK’s shortest-serving prime minister says she ‘learned a lot’ from time in government but does not want top job again
Andrew Sparrow
06, Feb, 2023 @6:02 PM

Britain is desperate for workers – but Sunak won’t admit immigration is the answer | Simon Jenkins
Post-Brexit, health and care employers, farmers and builders struggle to fill vacancies while ministers demonise those who could help, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
06, Feb, 2023 @3:48 PM

Manston health concerns raised with Home Office weeks before outbreak
Local officials warned of need to improve infection control measures shortly before diphtheria cases detected
Diane Taylor
06, Feb, 2023 @11:44 AM

Tory MPs to push for UK exit from European convention on human rights
Reports say Rishi Sunak is considering proposal, backed by several ministers, to allow crackdown on migration
Jessica Elgot
05, Feb, 2023 @8:13 PM

Afghan refugee in London told to give up doctorate and move to Yorkshire
University asks home secretary to intervene in move that would deprive him of scholarship and teaching roles
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
05, Feb, 2023 @6:47 PM

Mother whose children were sent across Channel without her arrives in UK
Woman tells how people-smugglers launched three children, aged 14, nine and five, on dinghy and left her behind
Diane Taylor
05, Feb, 2023 @11:38 AM

Sunak ‘plans to stop deportation appeals’ for people who reach UK in small boats
Home Office reportedly proposed two options to try to prevent those crossing Channel from claiming asylum
Tom Ambrose
04, Feb, 2023 @11:47 AM

Afghan refugees protest against plans to move them from London to Yorkshire
Some of the refugees worked alongside British army before Taliban took power in 2021
Rajeev Syal
03, Feb, 2023 @4:05 PM

Home Office shelves plans to house asylum seekers in Southport Pontins
Sefton council understands Ainsdale site no longer under consideration after objections about access and impact on tourism
Jamie Grierson
03, Feb, 2023 @8:20 AM

Alf Dubs: Braverman calling refugees ‘invaders’ was low point of my career
Labour peer who fled to UK to escape Nazis says home secretary’s words ‘deeply and personally upsetting’
Peter Walker Political correspondent
03, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

The children going missing from Home Office hotels – podcast
More than 200 unaccompanied child asylum seekers have gone missing from hotels used by the Home Office
Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Mark Townsend; produced by Ned Carter Miles and Solomon King; executive producer Elizabeth Cassin
03, Feb, 2023 @3:00 AM
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