African and Asian artists condemn ‘humiliating’ UK and EU visa refusals
‘Unfair’ rejection rates of up to 70% harm cultural diversity and create a ‘global apartheid’, say promoters and musicians Musicians, authors, producers and festival managers...
Category : Home Office
Albanians willing to be repatriated detained for weeks in UK, watchdog finds
HM chief inspector of prisons says detainees held unnecessarily despite volunteering for fast-track deportation Albanians volunteering to be repatriated under a fast-track deportation deal are...
Revealed: UK-funded French forces putting migrants’ lives at risk with small-boat tactics
Exclusive: newly obtained footage and leaked documents show how a ‘mass casualty event’ could arise from aggressive tactics employed by border forces French police funded...
Home Office to allow EU citizens who missed residency deadline to stay in UK
U-turn means ‘lack of awareness’ of the EU settlement scheme has been restored as reasonable grounds for late application The Home Office has made a...
UK does not cooperate sufficiently over small boat crossings, says French body
Independent French auditors say UK information on people crossing Channel is ‘very patchy’ The UK is not coordinating sufficiently with France to reduce the number...
Family of man found dead on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to repatriate his body
Leonard Farruku’s family ‘facing a double tragedy with not being able to have his body back home’ in Albania The family of a man believed...
UK outspends rest of Europe on housing asylum seekers by at least 40% a person
Exclusive: Report by aid campaign One finds costs now take up nearly a third of the official aid budget The UK is spending 40% a...
Suella Braverman restates wish for UK to leave European court of human rights
Home secretary calls the court ‘politicised’ and refuses to rule out mass tagging of asylum seekers Suella Braverman has reiterated her wish to leave what...
Channel boat deaths prompt fresh anger over asylum policy
Hunt is on for survivors after at least six people die, while activists call for more safe and legal routes The government’s controversial asylum policy...
We need more EU workers, admits leading Tory Brexiter
George Eustice, the former environment secretary, is calling for a reciprocal visa scheme so that under-35s can work across the EU and Britain A leading...
