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Articles tagged with: Home Affairs Committee
Home Office Housed Asylum Seekers In “Filthy, Impoverished And Unsafe” Barracks During Pandemic
Coronavirus
Home Office Housed Asylum Seekers In “Filthy, Impoverished And Unsafe” Barracks During Pandemic
A highly critical report into the use of “filthy” army barracks to house asylum seekers during the Covid-19 pandemic is “damning criticism of the leadership and culture of the Home Office”, according to Yvette Cooper.
Priti Patel Blames “Mingling” Asylum Seekers For Covid Outbreak At Napier Army Barracks
Coronavirus
Priti Patel Blames “Mingling” Asylum Seekers For Covid Outbreak At Napier Army Barracks
The Home Office has revealed that 178 asylum seekers caught coronavirus last month while being held at an army barracks in Kent in a dramatic Commons committee hearing this morning.
Coronavirus: Failure to toughen border measures made pandemic 'much worse' for UK, MPs say
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Failure to toughen border measures made pandemic 'much worse' for UK, MPs say
A series of "critical errors" in the Government's approach to travellers entering the UK made the coronavirus pandemic much worse, a cross-party group of MPs has said.
Asylum seekers still at ‘heightened risk’ of coronavirus unless accommodation changes are made, MPs warn
Coronavirus
Asylum seekers still at ‘heightened risk’ of coronavirus unless accommodation changes are made, MPs warn
MPs have warned that many asylum seekers are still at “heightened risk” of catching Covid-19 unless urgent changes are made to accommodation arrangements.
Just 300 passengers who arrived in UK from coronavirus hotspots quarantined out of 18 million, new figures show
Coronavirus
Just 300 passengers who arrived in UK from coronavirus hotspots quarantined out of 18 million, new figures show
Fewer than 300 of the 18 million who arrived in the UK from coronavirus hotspots in the three months before lockdown began were put into quarantine, new figures show.
Priti Patel in furious row with Yvette Cooper over attempts to quiz her on Home Office's coronavirus response
Coronavirus
Priti Patel in furious row with Yvette Cooper over attempts to quiz her on Home Office's coronavirus response
A furious row has erupted beween Priti Patel and Yvette Cooper over claims the Home Secretary has refused to appear before MPs to be quizzed on her department’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.