カテゴリー: Immigration and asylum
Readers despair at the Tory government’s treatment of the people who risked their lives to work for it in AfghanistanYou have to admire the genius of the UK’s refugee policy: first, no one who gets here unofficially can be considered for asylum and the…
Defence secretary says processing hubs will be used for those Britain has ‘an obligation to’Britain plans to establish offshore asylum centres for Afghan refugees in countries such as Pakistan and Turkey, as ministers admit that the UK will not be able…
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…
But Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram call for more support from Home OfficeThe mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool city region have said they will welcome Afghan refugees but that those fleeing persecution must be fairly distributed around th…
Ministers are expected to announce a ‘bespoke’ scheme similar to that put in place for Syrians in 2014Afghanistan – latest updatesMinisters are expected to announce plans for a new settlement scheme in the UK for Afghan nationals following the Taliban …
Fast-track resettlement scheme excludes many who worked for British Council or on UK government projectsDozens of Afghans who worked for the British Council or on British government projects are in hiding and fearing for their lives because they say th…
We must not repeat the mistakes of the Windrush era, say clergyThe Church of England must not repeat its lack of welcome to the Windrush generation when thousands of Hong Kong Chinese people move to the UK in what could be the largest planned migration…
Residents fearing China’s tightening grip are departing in droves, not knowing if they will be backIt was a heartbreaking scene. A family get-together on a Sunday morning, not for a leisurely lunch at a traditional Chinese restaurant, but for a tearful…
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…
As a child, I fled Afghanistan with my family. When we arrived in Britain after a harrowing journey, we thought we could start our new life in safety. But the reality was very differentDuring the summer I turned 15, I fell into a prolonged depression t…
Thousands who fled their war-torn country stand to lose their right to work, rent a home and access NHSThousands of East Timorese people who fled the country in the 1990s could lose their rights to work, rent a home or access the NHS in three days’ tim…
Moves to relocate hundreds of Afghans who worked for the British military and government will be accelerated owing to fears for their safety as foreign forces prepare to leave the country. More than 3,000 Afghans, including their relatives, are expecte…
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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