DARK SECRETS: 23 | Vintage Vibes

UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings

Three-year deal includes funding for a riot squad to ‘disperse’ people trying to board small boats

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

West London shop to stay open despite illegal worker paid below minimum wage

The worker had his protection claim with the Home Office withdrawn in 2023 meaning he had no right to work in the UK for three years when found at Oldfield Circus Local

Evening Standard · Apr 22

Hundreds of children subjected to ‘intrusive and traumatic’ strip searches

A report by the Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza estimates 377 strip searches took place in 2024

The Independent UK · Apr 22

Home Office could face hundreds of claims over asylum families in single rooms

Judge in case of two families housed for years in single hotel rooms says they should have been moved within three months

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20

More than half of Windrush compensation claims rejected by Home Office, report finds

Data shows only a third of concluded claims in scheme for those wrongly classed as illegal migrants resulted in pay outs

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17

Legal aid for asylum seekers is hard to come by – it’s no wonder criminal advisers are taking advantage

The Home Office is investigating after a BBC report found evidence of a “sham industry” of immigration advisers helping people fabricate asylum claims.

The Conversation · Apr 17

Home Office ‘red flag’ error leaves German mother separated from toddler in UK

Liza Tobay was told settled status had been ‘red flagged’ when she tried to fly home from Germany to Scotland

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17

Douglas Lees obituary

Other lives: Architect who designed prisons and new town developments as well as loft conversions and granny flats for his village neighbours

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16

Sri Lankan student could be deported from UK after one-day student fee delay

Coventry University reported Navodya De Silva, 25, to Home Office after £8,000 arrived late, causing termination of visa

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15

Migrant hotel near Heathrow among 11 shut as Home Office push to use military sites

There are still 186 hotels housing 20,800 migrants, as Labour push to end the use of hotels for illegal migrants before the next election

Evening Standard · Apr 15