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People who fled Taliban are starting to arrive in northern France in hope of reaching UKAfghans who fled the Taliban risk dying in freezing temperatures in Calais, NGOs have warned.People who left Afghanistan after the US withdrawal this summer have st…
Afghan resettlement scheme still not up and running four months after fall of Kabul, says Refugee CouncilThe UK’s failure to create safe routes for vulnerable Afghans is forcing thousands to make the “gut-wrenching” decision to embark on “perilous, lif…
Dr Nadarajah Muhunthan and his family faced deportation to Sri Lanka where he experienced tortureThe Home Office has U-turned on plans to deport a leading scientist carrying out groundbreaking research into affordable forms of solar energy and allowed …
Thousands who fled Taliban are living in hotels with inadequate healthcare in Operation Warm Welcome Afghans who recently arrived in the UK after fleeing the Taliban takeover have asked to be sent back, casting doubt over the success of Operation Warm …
Group record message for UK officials as visa rules for dependants add to practical difficultiesMore than 60 British nationals who remain stranded in Afghanistan have criticised the government for abandoning them and their families in an increasingly d…
Volunteers ‘operating blind’ about refugees’ needs, while hotels left with no staff to distribute aidThe government’s response towards families evacuated from Afghanistan to Britain has been “chaotic and uncoordinated”, hampering volunteers’ efforts to…
Concerns had been raised by guests about safety of Metropolitan hotel in Sheffield and its windowsSheffield’s Labour MPs have demanded an independent review looking into what the Home Office knew about the safety of the hotel where a five-year-old Afgh…
The families will be funded for just four months, says one readerI am sure that your readers will feel relieved at the generosity of our government towards the Afghan interpreters arriving in the UK, as detailed by Chris Philp, minister for immigration…
Chris Philp, the immigration compliance minister, outlines the work of the Home Office in safeguarding interpreters, while Barry Young says joined-up thinking is needed and Peter Simm highlights the danger to asylum seekers being told to relocate to Ka…
These men helped me when I was a soldier in their country. Britain’s refusal to help them reflects a racist history of denialThe plight of hundreds of Afghan interpreters who have served alongside British forces over the past 20 years is becoming incre…
Cousins John Ashton and John Ashton on the Chinese seamen deported after serving Britain during the second world war, and their exploitative employer. Plus letters from Gary Craig, Jacqueline Simpson and Mike OwenWe congratulate Dan Hancox, and the fam…
Residency route was launched in response to national security law imposed by Chinese governmentThere have been 34,000 applications for a new visa for people from Hong Kong seeking residency in the UK in just two months, the Home Office has revealed.Thi…
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Lawyer for Ponnampalam Jothibala threatens to file for judicial review over handling of caseA man who came to the UK to train as an accountant almost 40 years ago has been left homeless after a catalogue of Home Office delays.Ponnampalam Jothibala, 69,…
Readers highlight the dangers of anti-Chinese sentiment over Hong Kong, and contrast Britain’s offer of citizenship to many Hongkongers with the treatment of the Windrush generation. Simon Jenkins (Britain can’t protect Hong Kong from China – but it ca…