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UK Home Office issues new guidance refusing citizenship for illegal migrants
The guidance applies to those who have already arrived and any future arrivals, where previously refugees coming on small boats had to wait 10 years before being considered for citizenship.
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Home Office accused of blocking thousands of refugees from UK citizenship
Home Office accused of shutting out thousands, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
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Apple pressured to grant UK access to encrypted iCloud data
The encrypted data of millions of Apple users worldwide could reportedly be handed over to the government.
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Thousands of Syrians stranded in UK limbo as asylum freeze continues after Assad’s fall
Two months after the fall of Assad’s regime, Whitehall’s decision to pause asylum applications from Syrians has left more than 6,600 cases stuck on hold in the UK
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Police to get extra powers for rapid search warrants in crackdown on phone theft
Police will get extra powers to speed up search warrants in a bid to clamp down on soaring mobile phone theft
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Prince Andrew urged to face fresh FBI probe over Epstein links
The FBI previously requested the Home Office’s assistance in questioning the royal in 2020, but the investigation was paused last year.
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UK to introduce world’s first laws against AI-generated child abuse images
Four new laws will tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the government has announced.
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Over 8,000 social media accounts shut down in 2024 for promoting people smuggling
Social media accounts featuring ad-style video testimonials from people smuggled into the UK were among more than 8,000 shut down for promoting the crime last year.
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Up to ’one in 12’ people living in London is an illegal migrant
As many as one in 12 people living in London is an illegal migrant, a previously confidential report reveals.
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Newly released files reveal that Tony Blair opened UK borders to Eastern European migrants despite having misgivings about the move
The Blair government’s open borders policy is widely viewed as a key factor in the surge of net migration, which later contributed to growing anti-EU sentiment leading up to the Brexit referendum.
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Around 1 million people in the UK still haven’t obtained eVisa days before the deadline
Physical residence permits proving the right to live and work in Britain will expire at the end of December
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Home Office trial doubles refugees’ housing deadline before eviction
Charities and politicians praise increase to 56 days but press for move to be made permanent
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Rwanda asylum scheme spent £50m on flights that never took off, data reveals
Home secretary says £700m scheme did not result in a single deportation or stop any boats crossing the Channel
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UK’s highest-paid prison inmate earned £46k last year – more than most nurses and teachers
The UK’s highest-paid prison inmate earned around £46,000 last year - more than most nurses, teachers, and biochemists, as well as the prison officers guarding them
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Prince Harry’s fight for police protection has cost taxpayers over £600,000
Prince Harry’s legal fight against the Home Office’s decision to downgrade his police protection in the UK has cost the government more than £600,000 to date.
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Keir Starmer promises Windrush families he'll 'turbo-charge' compensation scheme
The Labour leader spent time with people who came to the UK during the 1970s at a coffee morning in Vauxhall, London to mark Windrush day - and told them he'd speed up compensation claims
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Dad separated from his kids and told 'one twin is British and but other isn't'
Carl Wylie, 40, moved back to the UK after losing his job in South Africa and has been trying to get a British passport for his three children so they can join him in Gateshead
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Beloved dad deported back to Spain after arriving in UK with his British family
A family has been torn apart after a father, who was born in Spain, was deported back to the European country from the UK as his wife spoke to lawyers to overturn the decision
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Nigel Farage offered extra private security after campaign trail attacks
NIGEL Farage has been offered private security from the Home Office after being targeted twice in one week by protesters.The Reform UK leader, 6
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Black kids over six times more likely to be strip searched by police
Black people are disproportionately strip searched by nearly all police forces in England and Wales, according to damning analysis by race equality think tank Runnymede Trust
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Heartbreak of families ripped apart by Tories' cruel spousal visa rules
Anyone applying for a visa to bring a spouse from overseas must earn at least £29,000 a year, gradually rising to an eye-watering £38,700 by next year, under rules implemented by the Tories
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Mum of teenager stabbed in the heart confronts MP over zombie knife ban delay
Zaian Aimable-Lina suffered a 5in-deep wound to the heart during the attack in Croydon, South London, on December 30, 2021. His 17-year-old killer was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years
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Killer drug stronger than heroin sold on social media app popular with teens
A new opioid said to be stronger than heroin is set to threaten the lives of UK partiers and festival-goers this summer after an investigation found the drug is easy to purchase online
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Major motorway spillage spells chaos near airport as three day strike begins
Hundreds of Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are on strike for the next three days following dispute over rosters, as M25 tailbacks could cause delays for travellers heading to the airport
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Fury as Tory pledge to stop sex offenders changing their name collapses
Labour MP Sarah Champion, who called for the law to change, said she was 'so angry' after the Government failed to pass the new law before calling the General Election