Tag: Seekers
Inside Bibby Stockholm: On board barge housing asylum seekers
What will life be like on the Bibby Stockholm?
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Bibby Stockholm: First asylum seekers board housing barge in Dorset
The Home Office says "a small group" of about 20 people refused to board the Bibby Stockholm.
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Bibby Stockholm: First asylum seekers to board barge
The barge, docked in Dorset, will house up to 500 people in plans critics have called inhumane.
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Bibby Stockholm: Asylum seekers will be on barge in coming weeks – Oliver Dowden
Oliver Dowden tells the BBC he is "confident" remaining issues with the Bibby Stockholm will be resolved.
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‘Routine’ housing of child asylum seekers in hotels unlawful, High Court rules
In a ruling on Thursday, Mr Justice Chamberlain said: "From December 2021 at the latest, the practice of accommodating children in hotels, outside loc [...]
Lawyers Say Helping Asylum Seekers in Border Custody Is Nearly Impossible
In the first weeks after President Biden’s new border policies were put in place, his administration recorded a sharp drop in the number of people all [...]
Council says cruise ship would be 'floating prison' for asylum seekers
Edinburgh City Council says it was not consulted on the plans for the ship, which currently houses Ukranian refugees.
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Immigration minister quizzed over asylum seekers in hotels
The UK has to "reduce its reliance on hotels" for housing asylum seekers, immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said. But while hotels were in use, [...]
Council loses court bid to block asylum seekers plan for Essex base
The Home Office wants to move up to 1,700 male asylum seekers to a former RAF base in Essex.
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U.S. and Canada Reach an Agreement on Turning Away Asylum Seekers
The deal allows both countries to turn back people who cross their borders without authorization at a time when migration has surged.
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RAF Scampton: Asylum seekers could stay in runway cabins, meeting told
More details are revealed about Home Office plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Scampton.
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The ex-RAF base in Essex that could house asylum seekers
Braintree District Council says it has been approached by the government to discuss using the former RAF Wethersfield airbase as a centre for asylum s [...]
Eric Adams: ‘No more room’ in NYC for migrants and asylum seekers
Eric Adams: ‘No more room’ in NYC for migrants and asylum seekers
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Lucas and Jenrick on 200 missing child asylum seekers
Caroline Lucas has compared the Home Office’s handling of children missing from UK hotels to the abuse of girls in Rotherham, who were “treated like t [...]
Hale asylum seekers: MP criticises hotel plan for village
Sir Graham Brady says Hale would be the "worst possible place" to accommodate the group of young men.
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