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Conservative MP Takes Job For Scandal-Hit Asylum Hotel Firm
Crispin Blunt is being paid £117 an-hour by the company, months after it was accused of paying its staff less than the minimum wage
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In Limbo: Understanding the Painful, Human Existence of Asylum Seekers
While Priti Patel and the tabloid press seek to protect our borders from those who need protection, one film has broken the mould, writes Deborah Shaw
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Home Office Admits it has ‘Limited’ Evidence its Immigration Crackdown Will Deter People Attempting Risky Journeys into UK
An Equality Impact Assessment into the New Plan for Immigration reveals that the Government’s ‘deterrent’ approach may lead to people taking greater risks to come to Britain
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87% of Afghan Relocation Applications Rejected by UK
As the Government comes under pressure for abandoning its Afghan allies, Sam Bright reveals the number of people turned down by the UK
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‘They Are Keeping Us Here to be Killed’: The Loyal Afghans Abandoned by Johnson’s Government
Katharine Quarmby lays bare the gap between rhetoric and reality in the Government’s Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
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Arms Versus Asylum: In the Shadow of a Weapons Bonanza Live the People Fleeing War
The Byline Intelligence Team attended the opening day of London’s controversial Government-backed arms fair to witness the protests and hear the voices of those who have fled the bombs now on sale
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Operation Cold Shoulder? The Home Office Outlines Plans for Afghan People Coming to the UK
While positive efforts are made to ensure vulnerable Afghans can be resettled in the UK, the Home Office plans leave barriers in place for family members of British Nationals
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Afghan MP in Hiding as UK Government Faces Legal Challenge to Bring Her to Safety
A group of lawyers has launched a campaign to secure a visa for an Afghan woman MP in hiding and in fear of her life
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Exposed: Home Office’s Secret ‘Inhumane’ Policy of Seizing Phones of Refugees Arriving on Boats and Extracting their Data
In a special investigation, Katie Tarrant reveals how the Home Office has taken the phones of more then 7,000 migrants without any official policy in place to do so – a practice now being challenged in he courts
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The Child Asylum Seekers Accused of Faking their Ages by the Home Office
The Government has committed to resettling 5,000 Afghan refugees this year – but will they be met with the same culture of disbelief that has led to children seeking asylum struggling to get help?
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The North-South Asylum Divide: Refugees Most Likely to be Housed in the North
A clear regional disparity exists when it comes to housing people seeking asylum, with the majority of families concentrated in deprived regions
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‘We Will Not Be Allowing People to Come from Afghanistan in An Indiscriminate Way’: Do Johnson’s Pledges Go Far Enough?
After an emotionally and politically charged House of Commons debate on the situation engulfing Afghanistan, Sian Norris looks at the situation as it stands for women, refugees and development
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Only 13% of Afghan Children Granted Asylum Since 2009 Were Girls
Data analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals that most Afghan people seeking asylum in the UK are young men and boys – as charities call for an asylum system that works for everybody and fears continue about what Taliban rule will mean for women in Afghanistan
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‘Deserving’ or ‘Undeserving’ Refugees? Johnson and Patel’s Afghanistan Problem
With a key pillar of the Government’s ‘culture war’ protecting our island nation from unpalatable ‘others’, Hardeep Matharu explores the crass and complex classifications at the heart of the Government’s neocolonial immigration policy
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Priti Patel, Nigel Farage, and the Fake News Around Asylum Claims
The numbers of people seeking asylum and refugee resettlements in the UK don’t match the rhetoric coming from Government or the Right, finds the Byline Times Intelligence team
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New Immigration Plan Will Crackdown on Genuine Modern Slavery Victims – Even More than the Government Already Does
Sian Norris reports on new statistics which show the hostility faced by those who have endured trafficking – and how new proposals by the Home Office could make this even worse
