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- DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A criminal failure on foreign offenders
- Manston asylum seekers with suspected diphtheria ‘moved around UK’
- Diphtheria cases rising after disease linked to migrant’s death at Manston
- Despite worst international crisis since 1945... two-thirds of staff at Foreign Office are STILL working from home
- Police watchdog reviews steps taken before resignation of boss in criminal probe
An investigation into facial recognition software used to check passport photos found it was more than twice as likely to reject pictures of black women than white men. The looming legal action is a blow to Home Secretary Priti Patel, who recently declared the asylum system to be 'fundamentally broken' and lambasted 'Lefty lawyers'. The alert comes as the body of a woman in Shetland, Scotland, was found on Tuesday following severe snowfall in the region, though it is not yet known if her death was related to the weather. According to the weather report, outbreaks of sleet and snow will spread across much of southern, central and western Scotland through Friday.
Britain will fly many asylum seekers 4,000 miles to Rwanda under a landmark plan to 'take back control of illegal immigration'. The Home Secretary was reportedly told that her plan to send migrants to the East African nation for processing could result in protesters targeting the firms involved in the flights. The Home Secretary's team is ready for legal challenges, while Boris Johnson lashed out at 'liberal lawyers' for delaying his plan to send thousands of migrants from the UK to Rwanda. As 35 migrants arrived in Dover by dinghy this morning, the first 100 illegal immigrants already in Britain are to be told this week they will be sent to Africa and will have a week to provide response. The prisons watchdog has published its annual report and highlighted safeguarding concerns at migrant detention centres after it was found criminals were being held with women and children. The looming threat of a strike by civil servants could see the 'paralysis of the country' weeks after the new prime minister takes office.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A criminal failure on foreign offenders
Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. The Metropolitan Police said two women and a man have been held on suspicion of criminal damage and causing a public nuisance. The extraordinary intervention comes after Suella Braverman lashed out at Albanian migrants. A memo sent to the directors of health authorities has warned of the risks of the breakout to the general public. The Home Office ignored 'overwhelming evidence' Ms Begum was a victim of child trafficking when revoking her UK citizenship, a court heard. Home Office staff are rebelling against the government’s attempts to tackle small boats crossing the Channel, demanding its recent deal with the French be scrapped because it is “doomed to fail”.
Road workers urged motorists to expect more holiday gridlock after announcing a 12-day strike to coincide with rail walkouts. There will be rail strikes on December 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 17, as well as on January 3, 4, and 7. In several regions of the United Kingdom, ice and snow have prompted several schools to close for the day or open later than usual today.
Manston asylum seekers with suspected diphtheria ‘moved around UK’
The current requirement for the day – 2 arrival test will be removed but the passenger locators form will still be provided. Fortunately, Covid 19 vaccination was established and has been distributed and administered to citizens in their different counties. Following the release of the Covid 19 vaccination, the UK gradually eased the travel rules, whereby, vaccinated individuals were requested to only provide just the day 2 covid test.
The provisional total of arrivals for 2022 had been 39,913 ahead of the weekend, but further crossings on Saturday have likely set the new milestone. A further two men were arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of arrival in the UK without legal entry clearance. Charities are calling for 'urgent action' from the Home Office to overhaul the immigration system after a man staying at Manston, near the port of Dover, died on Saturday. Concerns grew after the Home Office confirmed that the death of a migrant who had been staying at Manston in Kent may have died as a result of him having contracted diphtheria. The Home Office is spending an eyewatering £6.8million a day to keep people in hotels after the asylum backlog soared past 120,000.
Diphtheria cases rising after disease linked to migrant’s death at Manston
Prince Harry is taking legal action over a decision not to allow him to pay for police protection for himself and his family when visiting from north America. Tens of thousands of people from 44 countries - including Russia and China - no longer have to give details to the police when they move to this country. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today confirmed he had 'withdrawn' an offer for a disused RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse to accomodate up to 1,500 male asylum seekers. Data obtained through UK Freedom of Information requests reveals that 52 migrants in total managed to claim that they were children in initial checks, before being found to be 30 or older. George Eustice called on ministers to ‘provisionally allocate’ the number of seasonal worker visas for next year in order to give farmers certainty. A serving British police officer kidnapped a woman as she walked home, handcuffing her in a false arrest for breaking coronavirus restrictions, before raping and murdering her, a court was told on Wednesday.
Lawyers representing ministers have told a High Court judge that a consultation is ongoing – they say Claddag’s claim is ‘premature’ and ‘must fail’. Claddag has taken High Court action against the Government after raising concern about disabled people living in high-rise blocks. According to UK Home Office statistics released last week, the number of study visa grants to Indian nationals in the year ending March 2021 increased by 6,391, marking a 13 per cent hike over the previous year. The UK Home Office on Thursday formally opened its new post-study work visa for international students.
Sunak to announce plans to tackle asylum backlog and Channel crossings
The number of UK work visas handed out jumped 50 per cent beyond pre-pandemic levels to more than 277,000, including a 66 per cent jump in skilled worker visas. Lawyers at the Home Office have been accused of trying to block a major report into the Prevent anti-terrorism programme by lodging a raft of objections. The Queen sent a car and a security detail to collect Harry, Meghan and their kids after their private jet landed in the UK from California on Wednesday, ahead of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The Paddington poster, which is stamped with the Immigration Enforcement crest, lists a description of the fictitious bear, including his 'claimed country of origin'.
The councils say they are not told in advance about asylum-seekers coming to their area, meaning they cannot access the local services they need - or are placed in inappropriate locations. Philip Hollobone was told 'don't be silly' by Conservative colleagues as he said Mr Jenrick should 'consider his position' over the 'chaotic' current state of the immigration system. Albanians accounted for just over a third of people detected crossing the English Channel in small boats in the first nine months of the year, new figures have shown. There was a record 11,769 foreign national offenders out of prison but not deported at the end of September, Home Office figures show. New figures show that out of 52,294 claims made by small boat arrivals from northern France over the last four years (83%) remain undecided.
Harry's representatives have previously told of how he wants to bring wife Meghan Markle and their children Archie and Lilibet to visit from the US, but that they are unable to as it is too dangerous. The Home Office has launched a consultation on amending the 1986 public order act to add a new offence of 'public sexual harassment'. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visited Bedworth, Warwickshire, to meet science teachers Ann and Kevin, who live on the same street as their daughter Hannah and her husband Chris. A total of 161 migrants were intercepted by the UK authorities crossing the Channel in 14 boats on Thursday. A report, which details inspections carried out at three Kent migrant processing units in 2021, was published this week. Qirjako Qirko repeatedly told MPs his government has ‘no information’ about an increase in people from the Balkan state making the journey to the UK.
Lord Harrington, the minister for refugees, told the Daily Mail that the Home Office had processed 3,000 cases a day for the past two days. Between 25 and 30 migrants reached the Dover harbour, Kent around 2.30am this morning before a second group, of around 30 people, was escorted to shore shortly before 10am. Glyn Williams, who served as director-general of borders and immigration till a few months ago, has said immigration including visa processing should be removed from the Home Office's power. Recent Home Office figures have shown that the number of non-EU migrants coming to Britain to work and study has rocketed since the implementation of post-Brexit immigration rules. Darren Burke, 43, disposed of the pills for the safety of his mistress' child and dog once she told him she wanted to keep the baby, a court heard.
The Home Secretary's agreement will see offenders receive new travel documents within five working days. The Ministry of Defence said 442 people made the journey in 15 boats yesterday, suggesting an average of around 29 per boat. The Olympic champion revealed in The Real Mo Farah how he was brought to the UK from Somalia illegally, having assumed the name of another child, after his father was killed in the civil war. Britain's greatest long distance runner, 39, has said he was brought to the UK illegally when he was around eight or nine using another child's identity and spent his early years in domestic servitude. Staff at the border at Dover's now-closed Tug Haven holding centre used government credit cards to pay for the food over just five months last year.
The proposals were revealed to town hall chiefs at 4pm on Friday and the local MP at 7am on Saturday - with the migrants due to arrive from 9am on Saturday. The Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the UK. Home Secretary announces support for Private Member’s Bill to make public sexual harassment an offence.
The Home Office confirmed 11 Albanians were sent home on a charter plane last week as part of a pilot scheme. A Welsh police force which spent almost £70,000 of taxpayers money on four bright blue and yellow tuk-tuks has been blasted as 'an absolute embarrassment' online. Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has warned of 'rising tensions' in the coastal town due to the number of people crossing from France in small boats - with the figure expected to hit 40,000 in 2022.
Priority and Super Priority visas are fast-tracking visas, that ensures an applicant’s visa is issued within one week after applying, as against the standard 3 weeks. While priority visas are issued in one week, super-priority visas are issued in just 3 days after application. Whitehall sources have revealed that the verdict of Braverman’s own staff was that such plans were vulnerable to legal challenge and would probably be defeated. A group of people thought to be migrants are taken to Dungeness in Kent on Friday after being rescued by a lifeboat. At least four have taken legal action after hotels - some in 'prime tourist areas' - stopped taking reservations because the Home Office block-booked all their rooms for migrants. Hollyoaks star Nikki Sanderson has called for the end of the abuse and sexual harassment of women on the street.
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