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• UK is 'breaking UN rules' by not giving free NHS healthcare to undocumented migrant children 15 Mar 2019 02:34 The UK is 'breaking UN convention on children's rights' by not giving free NHS healthcare to undocumented migrant infants, claim experts A group of experts warned the NHS's charging for care is risking child health One of the professionals …
• Spot Deportations Halted By Court Injuction 14 Mar 2019 22:40 Hundreds of immigration removals are in doubt after the High Court ordered the Home Office to stop using a controversial “no warning” tactic. A charity defending detainees has won an injunction after saying the policy breached the right to access justice. …
• Home Office must suspend policy on removing immigrants 'without warning' 14 Mar 2019 20:19 A controversial Home Office deportation policy has been blocked by the High Court - giving a reprieve to dozens of people who would have been forced to leave. The temporary block comes because campaign group Medical Justice has challenged the Removal …
• Court stops immigration removals from UK 14 Mar 2019 19:55 Image copyright Getty Images Hundreds of immigration removals are in doubt after the High Court ordered the Home Office to stop using a controversial "no warning" tactic. A charity defending detainees has won an injunction after saying the policy …
• UK PM braced for possible biggest policy climbdown yet 11 Mar 2019 06:43 That road map is at stake this Tuesday, when lawmakers vote for a second time on her withdrawal agreement to take Britain out of the EU. If that agreement is defeated, they will be asked the following day whether or not the UK should leave without a deal …
• Windrush scandal: Home Office accused of shirking responsibility to put right wrongs suffered by victims 06 Mar 2019 05:28 The Home Office has been accused of shirking its responsibility to put right the wrongs suffered by victims of the Windrush scandal. A scathing Commons report claimed the department has been complacent in its response and failed to "take ownership…
• MPs condemn Home Office over new Windrush failings 06 Mar 2019 04:14 The Home Office is making life-changing decisions based on incorrect data and, despite the Windrush scandal, remains complacent about its systemic and cultural problems, a damning parliamentary report has concluded. The department’s failure to monitor the …
• Vietnamese 'puppet-master' who ran £500,000 network of cannabis farms across the North East is jailed 04 Mar 2019 15:02 A 'puppet-master' responsible for a network of cannabis farms worth £500,000 has been jailed following a lengthy multi-force investigation. Huy Hoang Phan coordinated a web of large-scale cannabis farms across the North East and Scotland, …
• Members of Vietnamese drugs gang jailed over large-scale cannabis farms 04 Mar 2019 12:36 Members of a Vietnamese drugs gang have been locked up after a large-scale cannabis farm operation was uncovered. Huy Hoang Phan coordinated a web of farms across the North East and Scotland, exploiting Vietnamese workers to grow the crops and then …
• The Guardian view on the hostile environment: the ‘right to rent’ and other wrongs 04 Mar 2019 11:18 Turning landlords into border guards has been ruled illegal. But the fight against cruel anti-immigration politics goes on The ‘right to rent’ scheme, which requires landlords in England to police the migration status of tenants … is a key plank of the …
• British holidaymakers are stranded on ferries as 100-strong gang of migrants storm Calais port 03 Mar 2019 10:30 British holidaymakers are stranded on ferries as 100-strong gang of migrants storm Calais port in bid to get to UK Port of Calais closed for just over an hour, with two migrants falling into the sea Another four migrants found hiding on the upper deck of a …
• The Observer view on the UK’s right to rent shame 03 Mar 2019 06:59 ‘Our policy is not to sell to coloured people.” That’s what a stunned Mahesh Upadhyaya was told when he tried to buy a house in Huddersfield in 1968. He went on to become the first person to bring a racial discrimination case under the new Race Relations …
• The Observer view on the UK’s right to rent shame | Editorial 03 Mar 2019 06:04 ‘Our policy is not to sell to coloured people.” That’s what a stunned Mahesh Upadhyaya was told when he tried to buy a house in Huddersfield in 1968. He went on to become the first person to bring a racial discrimination case under the new Race Relations …
• Last Word on Oakland Pointe, March 2 02 Mar 2019 18:21 Oakland Pointe Thank you, JCC Supervisors, for approving the Oakland Pointe Development, which will add 119 affordable apartments to help our lower-income workforce. While most areas say not in my neighborhood, we have to move forward and build projects …
• Right to rent scheme causes 'discrimination and fails to tackle immigration' 02 Mar 2019 07:57 One of the Government’s ‘hostile’ policies cause discrimination and fails in tackling illegal immigration, the High Court has found. The controversial Right to Rent scheme, under which landlords face fines and possible imprisonment for failing to check …
• UK Landlords Law Checking Illegal Migrants "Discriminatory", High Court Rules 02 Mar 2019 07:07 Europe 18:11 01.03.2019(updated 20:17 01.03.2019) Get short URL The UK government "right to rent" scheme was introduced in England in 2016 and aimed to have landlords vet the immigration status of tenants. But the programme was restricted to …
• Right to Rent scheme ruled incompatible with human rights law 02 Mar 2019 06:03 A key plank of Theresa May’s “hostile environment” immigration policy has been declared incompatible with human rights law in a damning ruling handed down at the high court. The controversial Right to Rent scheme forces private landlords to check the …
• Home Office's right to rent scheme unlawfully discriminates, High Court rules 01 Mar 2019 18:02 Controversial rules under which landlords can face fines or imprisonment for failing to check whether tenants have a right to be in the UK breach human rights laws, the High Court has ruled. Mr Justice Martin Spencer found that the Government's Right …
• Home Office's 'right to rent' scheme breaches human rights court rules 01 Mar 2019 13:52 The Home Office's controversial 'right to rent' scheme breaches human rights, according to a court ruling. The rules mean landlords can face fines or imprisonment for failing to check whether tenants have a right to be in the UK. Mr Justice …
• Scotland needs to take back control of immigration policy from Theresa May 28 Feb 2019 16:20 Theresa May “has a problem with immigration”, according to her now ex-colleague Anna Soubry. The statement was taken as a none-too-subtle hint that Soubry believes the PM might be a bit racist. Whatever the truth, it’s certainly true that an unbending and …