Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The government is battling a mounting backlash from its own MPs over its plans to house asylum seekers on military bases and barges. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick faced down senior Tories after announcing … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A former prison is among the sites where the Home Office wants to place asylum seekers, despite warnings that many are “still processing trauma”. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick did not name HMP Northeye … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails More than 1,000 asylum seekers will be housed at a former prison site under Government plans to provide them with only the most basic accommodation. Immigration minister Robert … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Ministers have unveiled plans to house thousands of asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their “essential living needs and nothing more” despite legal threats from local … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The government spent £3.5bn of aid money on supporting refugees and asylum seekers already in the UK last year – one third of Britain’s entire annual budget – while allowing hotel costs to … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Asylum seekers will be housed in disused military bases, ferries and barges under Government plans to reduce the spending on hotels. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick will announce the … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Children cannot be exempted from plans to detain people who cross the Channel in small boats to prevent the creation of a “pull factor”, Rishi Sunak has argued. … Read more
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman is accused of acting as a “sock puppet” for the Tory right, as she is expected to toughen up the legislation aimed at cracking down on migrants arriving in small boats. … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The United Nations refugee agency’s representative to the UK has warned that the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill “effectively extinguishes the right to seek asylum in the UK for … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The United Nations refugee agency’s representative to the UK has warned that the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill “effectively extinguishes the right to seek asylum in the UK for … Read more
