7 h. ago Asylum seekers to lose housing and benefit rights under Labour immigration system overhaul

Home secretary vows to make refugee status temporary as part of system overhaul

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7 h. ago UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’

Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assetsShabana Mahmood is expected to announce changes to Britain’s asylum system on Monday in an attempt to quell rising fears about immigration.The home secretary plans to amend laws that guarantee housing and financial support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago It's war! Hundreds take to the streets in protest over Starmer's plan to house 300 asylum seekers at Scottish barracks

Scots have sent a resounding message of defiance to Keir Starmer over his plan to house hundreds of asylum seekers at a historic military base.

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39 h. ago Council loses bid to stop 'excessive' number of asylum seekers being housed in city

The authority had taken the Home Office to court over plans to place more asylum seekers in the city, arguing it was already accommodating far more than comparable areas.

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3 d. ago Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site

The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising

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4 d. ago Asylum seekers can continue being housed in Bell Hotel after Epping council fails in bid to block them living there

Epping Forest District Council took legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Bell Hotel, which is home to dozens of male migrants.

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4 d. ago Migrants and refugees welcome here just not near me! Green deputy leader complains about 600 asylum seekers being housed in her local area

In a recent letter to the Home Office, Rachel Millward complained about Government plans to temporarily use a military site in East Sussex as asylum accommodation.

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4 d. ago Epping Bell Hotel can continue to house asylum seekers as council loses battle

Council officials took legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel, claiming that accommodating asylum seekers there breaches strict planning rules

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7 d. ago Prince Philip's brave Highlanders to be evicted from barracks to make way for asylum seekers

War heroes are to be evicted from their ­historic base to make way for the UK Government 's controversial plans to house asylum seekers in MoD barracks.

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7 d. ago Protesters demonstrate against 'underhand' plan to house 600 migrant single men on old army base just a mile from town centre

Crowborough army training camp in East Sussex has been lined up to house up to 600 male asylum seekers as part of the Government's bid to reduce the use of asylum hotels.

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9 d. ago Cameron Barracks: Asylum seekers 'not mass murderers and rapists', Highlanders told

Highland Council has blasted the Home Office for its ‘secrecy’ over plans to house 300 male asylum seekers in Inverness.

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9 d. ago UK Government ‘disrespectful’ over Cameron Barracks plans, says council leader

The leader of Highland Council said there had been ‘no real engagement’ on plans to house 300 male asylum seekers at a barracks in Inverness.

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9 d. ago Hotel chain used to house asylum seekers has been rated the UK's worst over its poor cleanliness and bathrooms

Britannia was rated last out of 52 brands for its lack of cleanliness and sub-par bathrooms - achieving a customer score of 44 per cent.

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1 week ago Government action needed as Glasgow at 'breaking point' due to homeless refugee crisis

Policies on housing asylum seekers have plunged the city into crisis, says Record View.

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1 week ago Migrants in tents, a council nearing bankruptcy and tensions on the streets: Life in Britain's asylum hotspot where a father was stabbed to death

Figures released earlier this year showed Hillingdon housed the most asylum seekers per head of any UK local authority - 97 per 10,000 people.

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2 w. ago Scotland flags & Union Jacks put up by locals at army barracks set to house 300 migrants

SALTIRES and Union Flags have appeared on lampposts near a Scots army base set to house hundreds of migrants. Around 300 asylum seekers are set to be moved into the Cameron Barracks in the centre of Inverness at the start of December. The move comes as the government moves to shut down so-called "asylum hotels"...

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2 w. ago Andy Burnham responds to letter released by Greater Manchester asylum seekers

It follows an open letter from asylum seekers housed in Greater Manchester said they felt 'unsafe'

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2 w. ago Home Office minister defends plans to house asylum seekers on military bases

Asylum minister Alex Norris said the two sites in Inverness and East Sussex are an ‘important part’ of driving down hotel use.

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2 w. ago Plans to house UK asylum seekers in barracks are costly and complicated, experts say

Exclusive: Organisations warn using the barracks in Sussex and Inverness may be more expensive than hotelsUK politics live – latest updatesRefugee organisations have described plans to house thousands of asylum seekers in two disused military sites as fanciful and too expensive as local discontent grows.The Home Office has confirmed that two barracks: Cameron in Inverness and Crowborough training camp in East Sussex, will be used to house about 900 men temporarily. Officials are working to identify more sites. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Experts decry plans to house UK asylum seekers in barracks as ‘fanciful’

Exclusive: Head of Refugee Council says Home Office’s scheme is too expensive and logistically too difficultUK politics live – latest updatesRefugee organisations have described plans to house thousands of asylum seekers in two disused military sites as fanciful and too expensive as local discontent grows.The Home Office has confirmed that two barracks: Cameron in Inverness and Crowborough training camp in East Sussex, will be used to house about 900 men temporarily. Officials are working to identify more sites. Continue reading...

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