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Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal

3 days ago | msn.com | Diane Taylor

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Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Diane Taylor

The Home Office is recording an average of 10 assaults a day on asylum seekers in its care, according to internal government data, amid harsh government rhetoric on those crossing the Channel. Figures reveal that there were 5,960 referrals of assaults upon asylum seekers while in the care of the Home Office between January 2023 and August 2024. There were also 380 referrals of victims of hate crimes to their internal safeguarding hub during this period.
Syrian refugee says Home Office ‘breaking my heart’ by refusing dying mother entry to UK

4 days ago | msn.com | Diane Taylor

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Syrian refugee says Home Office ‘breaking my heart’ by refusing dying mother entry to UK

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Diane Taylor

A Syrian refugee says the Home Office has “broken her heart” by trying to bar her mother, who has weeks to live, from coming to the UK to spend her final days with the grandchildren she has never met. Ola Al Hamwi fled Syria with her husband, Mostafa Amonajid, in 2015. They had lost their baby after a bombing and were unable to take Al Hamwi’s mother, Soaad Al Shawa,with them.
Man confirmed dead after crossing Channel in small boat

6 days ago | msn.com | Diane Taylor

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Man confirmed dead after crossing Channel in small boat

6 days ago | msn.com | Diane Taylor

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Man confirmed dead after crossing English Channel in small boat

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Diane Taylor

Police are investigating after a person died while travelling to the UK on a cross-Channel dinghy on Friday after a “medical emergency” on board. It was the second death reported in the Channel in two days, although the body found earlier on Thursday has not yet been formally identified, so it is not known whether they were also making a crossing. Friday’s death is the first confirmed since last month.
UK riots led to deterioration in asylum seekers’ mental health, says report

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Diane Taylor

Last summer’s riots, which took place after the murder of three girls at a Southport dance class, led to a deterioration in the mental health of asylum seekers, with many becoming fearful of walking down the street in case they were targeted by far-right protesters, according to a report.
UK riots led to deterioration in asylum seekers’ mental health, says report

1 week ago | msn.com | Diane Taylor

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Trafficking victims rejecting UK government support because they fear being deported

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Diane Taylor

Thousands of trafficking victims have rejected the government’s support, many due to fear of the authorities or of being deported, lawyers have said. Nearly 6,000 trafficking victims rejected support from the government’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for victims of modern slavery last year, according to data based on research from the British Institute for International and Comparative Law and the Human Trafficking Foundation at the University of Oxford.