Category: Migration and development

Hundreds of potentially trafficked children ‘abandoned by Home Office’

Exclusive: 1,871 possible trafficking or modern slavery victims left open to exploitation after falling out of UK system, FoI data revealsHundreds of children identified as potential victims of trafficking are being abandoned by...

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Rape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UK

Multiple cases of abuse and exploitation have been documented, but many staff feel ‘powerless to complain’ for fear of losing the right to work in the countryA foreign care worker says she was repeatedly raped by her...

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43 times the Conservatives tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boatsThis article is extracted from our First Edition newsletter. To sign up, click hereOn Tuesday, Rishi Sunak and Suella...

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Home Office urged to reunite Eritrean family separated as they boarded boat

Appeal for UK authorities to bring over mother who was left in France after smugglers departed shore with her three childrenThe Home Office is under pressure to reunite a family of Eritrean asylum seekers after smugglers forced...

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MPs, unions and refugee groups condemn Braverman’s small boats deal with France

Critics claim latest effort to reduce Channel crossings is ‘throwing good money after bad’UK politics live – latest news updatesConservative MPs have joined unions and refugee groups in condemning a £63m...

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Refugee groups raise concerns over UK-France deal to curb Channel migration

Accord to increase patrols to detect small boats fails to tackle reasons for perilous journeys, say criticsUK politics live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak’s government has reached a deal with France to increase...

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Child asylum seekers staying in hotels with adults not checked by DBS, report says

Home Office criticised after inspectors discover workers without criminal record checks had access to master keysUnaccompanied children seeking asylum have been living in hotels alongside adults whose backgrounds have not been...

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UK using France as ‘punchbag’ for migrant crisis, says minister

Gérald Darmanin says Britain needs to sort out its labour market, as he prepares for talks with Priti PatelFrance’s interior minister has fired another shot in the cross-Channel row over migrants hours before...

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