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Safe Passage recommends ways to reduce dangerous journeys
  With a general election looming, Safe Passage has published a plan for a new, humanitarian and achievable policy on asylum. Its five guiding principles are that it: • saves
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Government signs new Rwanda treaty in attempt to progress scheme
James Cleverly, the third home secretary in under two years, has signed an agreement with the Rwandan government hoping that it will allow asylum seekers to be sent to the
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Refugees granted asylum only given seven days to find new accommodation.
Home office policy now evicts new citizens from their existing accommodation with only seven days’ notice. Previously, they were granted 28 days to find a new home. This is itself
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Huge costs incurred by Bibby Stockholm
The government claims that the Bibby Stockholm is a cheaper way of housing asylum seekers than placing them in hotels. However, a recent report by Corporate Watch, an independent research
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Lord Dubs calls for UK to resettle Palestinian refugees.
Alf Dubs, the Labour peer and former child refugee, has called for the creation of  a resettlement scheme for Palestinians with family connections to the UK and  those with medical
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Rwanda targets dissidents living abroad
A new report by Human Rights Watch reveals that Rwandan authorities are seeking to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world.The repressive methods used include threatening relatives still in
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Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm
The Home Office has informed asylum seekers that they must return to the barge on October 19th. It justifies the move as a cost-saving measure. However, an Investigation by iNews
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Record backlog of asylum cases
The number of asylum seekers awaiting a Home Office decision on their claims has now risen to 175,457. This is the highest figure since records began in 2010. Over the
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Rabbi condemns government’s treatment of asylum seekers
The following letter appeared in the Guardian this week: “A week after the devastating fire that consumed Grenfell Tower in June 2017, I joined a march of silence from the
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Legionella discovered on board the Bibby Stockholm.
All 39 asylum seekers have been removed from the Bibby Stockholm after the Health Security Agency discovered legionella in the water. The harmful bacteria can cause legionnaires’ disease, a potentially
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