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Articles tagged with: Immigration
The Rwanda scheme is an innovative solution to a broken asylum system
Foreign affairs
By Tom Pursglove MP
The Rwanda scheme is an innovative solution to a broken asylum system
Be under no illusion: the global asylum system is broken. Around the world, we see it collapsing under the strain of numerous, real humanitarian crises, with around 80 million people reported to be displaced.
The Yvette Cooper interview: 'Priti Patel's Home Office is failing'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
The Yvette Cooper interview: "Priti Patel's Home Office is failing"
Yvette Cooper is back on the Labour front bench and in a brief which is familiar territory. The shadow home secretary talks to Sienna Rodgers about how she hopes new leadership will change Labour’s fortunes – and why she would do a better job than Priti Patel
As Global Britain we can and should have a more generous asylum system
Home affairs
By Zoë Abrams
As Global Britain we can and should have a more generous asylum system
Sending people seeking asylum to Rwanda to “deter” them from crossing the Channel in small boats is like putting an Elastoplast on a broken leg – at best a distraction tactic, at worst profoundly harmful.
Proposals to offshore asylum seekers to Rwanda are simply unacceptable
Home affairs
By Lord Kirkhope
Proposals to offshore asylum seekers to Rwanda are simply unacceptable
As a former United Kingdom immigration minister, I have always held the view that a primary responsibility of any government should be to keep the people safe from internal and external threats.
Dystopian plan to offshore refugees to Rwanda will do nothing to fix our failing asylum system
Home affairs
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Dystopian plan to offshore refugees to Rwanda will do nothing to fix our failing asylum system
It takes some effort to be both inhumane and incompetent. That, however, has become Boris Johnson and Priti Patel’s calling card.
The flawed Homes for Ukraine scheme highlights why the UK's chaotic asylum system is unsustainable
Home affairs
By Amreen Qureshi
The flawed Homes for Ukraine scheme highlights why the UK's chaotic asylum system is unsustainable
The public response to the conflict in Ukraine has been one of compassion, reflecting a sense of duty to help those fleeing the conflict.
The Nationality and Borders Bill risks eroding protections for child victims of modern slavery
Home affairs
By Mark Russell
The Nationality and Borders Bill risks eroding protections for child victims of modern slavery
In the last few years, the public has repeatedly heard that the United Kingdom’s immigration system is being abused.
No recourse – no hope?
Home affairs
By Laura Hutchinson
No recourse – no hope?
Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are affected by a Home Office policy denying them access to welfare. Most Black or from minority ethnic backgrounds; many have British-born children; and most are living below the poverty line.
The UK's immigration system is not fit to respond to the Ukrainian refugee crisis
Home affairs
By Andrew Mitchell MP
The UK's immigration system is not fit to respond to the Ukrainian refugee crisis
“Whoever rescues a single soul is credited as though they had saved the whole world”. This maxim, from the Jewish Talmud, is often quoted in tribute to Britain’s help for refugees during the Second World War.
'Boris Johnson Is Leaving My Family To Die': Ukrainians Fear Time Is Running Out For The UK To Ease Refugee Rules
Communities
"Boris Johnson Is Leaving My Family To Die": Ukrainians Fear Time Is Running Out For The UK To Ease Refugee Rules
Ukrainians fleeing from Russia's invasion have called on the government to act quickly to save people's lives as fighting intensifies.
‘Pay up or pack up’ is a shameful way to treat our overseas veterans
Home affairs
By Dan Jarvis MP
‘Pay up or pack up’ is a shameful way to treat our overseas veterans
Pay up or pack up. That’s the shameful choice the government gives our foreign and Commonwealth-born service personnel if they want to make a home in the country for which they risked their lives.
Minister Confirms Most Overseas Butchers Won't Arrive Until After Christmas
Coronavirus
Minister Confirms Most Overseas Butchers Won't Arrive Until After Christmas
Exclusive: Only a small proportion of overseas butchers recruited under a temporary visa scheme are expected to arrive before Christmas, Environment Secretary George Eustice has confirmed.
New Plan for Immigration will fix our broken asylum system
Home affairs
By Kevin Foster MP
New Plan for Immigration will fix our broken asylum system
A year ago today, we launched the points-based immigration system and opened the Skilled Worker Visa, marking the UK’s biggest shift in immigration policy in recent history.
Immigration Minister Refuses To Rule Out Pushing Back Migrant Boats In The Channel
Home affairs
Immigration Minister Refuses To Rule Out Pushing Back Migrant Boats In The Channel
Immigration minister Kevin Foster has insisted “any maritime tactics would be deployed appropriately” regarding small boats crossing the Channel, but refused to rule out pushing them back towards French waters.
Pig Culling Set To Continue Into December As Temporary Butchers Wait To Start Work
Brexit
Pig Culling Set To Continue Into December As Temporary Butchers Wait To Start Work
Most foreign butchers recruited under the government's recently-announced visa scheme are not expected to begin working until early next month, just a few weeks before Christmas, industry figures say.
Grant Shapps Says 'Very, Very Few' Foreign Lorry Drivers Have Taken Up UK Visas
Coronavirus
Grant Shapps Says "Very, Very Few" Foreign Lorry Drivers Have Taken Up UK Visas
Just "dozens" of overseas lorry drivers have joined the UK fleet since the government opened its emergency visa scheme, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said.
The Pig Industry Thinks The Cabinet Is Split Over Visas As Mass Cull Continues
Coronavirus
The Pig Industry Thinks The Cabinet Is Split Over Visas As Mass Cull Continues
Grim evidence of the pig cull currently underway on UK farms to cope with labour shortages has been submitted to Priti Patel as Cabinet ministers appear to have been split on whether to grant more visas for abattoir workers.
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Won't Last The Full Three Months
Environment
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Won't Last The Full Three Months
The ten and a half thousand visas government is offering to European workers to help abate labour shortages are set to last significantly less than the three month time limit by the time drivers start working.
Ministers Poised To Relax Immigration Rules As Lorry Driver Crisis Hits Fuel Supplies
Brexit
Ministers Poised To Relax Immigration Rules As Lorry Driver Crisis Hits Fuel Supplies
The government is preparing to temporarily relax immigration rules for foreign lorry drivers in what is set to be a major U-turn brought about by the growing supply chain crisis.
Greggs Has Shortages Of Chicken Products As It's Hit By The Supply Chain Crisis
Coronavirus
Greggs Has Shortages Of Chicken Products As It's Hit By The Supply Chain Crisis
Exclusive: Greggs is the latest high-profile food outlet to be affected by supply chain disruption, with the bakery chain dealing with shortages of chicken-based products.
People Strongly Support Relaxing Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Shortage
Coronavirus
People Strongly Support Relaxing Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Shortage
Exclusive: The public strongly supports the government relaxing immigration rules for European lorry drivers to abate the labour shortage that is causing empty supermarket shelves, a poll for PoliticsHome has found.
Human Rights Organisation Says Home Office Risks Losing Public Backing Over 'Cruel' Deportation Flights
Home affairs
Human Rights Organisation Says Home Office Risks Losing Public Backing Over "Cruel" Deportation Flights
A Home Office deportation flight to Jamaica this week was a “watershed” moment for the UK’s approach to removing foreign-born criminals, according to human rights campaigners who say the public got to see the cruelty and chaos of this strategy played out in real time.
Home Office Is Planning To Build Asylum Accommodation Centres For 8,000 People
Home affairs
Home Office Is Planning To Build Asylum Accommodation Centres For 8,000 People
The Home Office has been accused of "warehousing people" after initiating plans to construct new purpose-built accommodation sites across the UK, capable of housing up to 8,000 asylum seekers.
Labour Urges Government To Revisit Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Crisis
Coronavirus
Labour Urges Government To Revisit Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Crisis
Exclusive: The government is facing growing pressure to relax the UK's immigration rules amid a lorry driver shortage that industry leaders warn will get worse in the coming weeks.