Lizzie Dearden
The Independent
United Kingdom
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Tory MP vows to ‘fight on’ against Dorset asylum barge as vessel is towed towards UK
Vessel is due to arrive in Cornwall for refurbishment on Saturday → Read More
Coronation: Police will not stop anti-monarchy protests unless they cause ‘serious disruption’
Senior Met officer says controversial new protest laws ‘don’t apply for someone who’s holding a placard’ → Read More
Inside Operation Golden Orb: UK security plan for King’s coronation has been years in the making
Intelligence analysis will be run on royal stalkers and fantasists as part of ‘complex’ Operation Golden Orb → Read More
Sudanese refugees face deportation from UK as government fails to set up safe and legal routes
Asylum seekers who resort to small boats face being criminalised and deported from UK despite conflict → Read More
Rwanda not safe for asylum seekers and judges wrong to rule scheme lawful, Court of Appeal told
Lawyers representing migrants say Home Office failed to properly investigate situation in ‘authoritarian state’ → Read More
‘Punched, chased and abused in the street’: Asylum seekers living in terror at riot-hit hotel
‘The hotel staff tell us we’re safe at the hotel, but whatever happens to us outside the hotel is our responsibility,’ one victim tells Lizzie Dearden as police investigate 15 incidents → Read More
Police to get power to break up slow-walking climate protests, Braverman says
United Nations human rights chief calls for ‘wholly unnecessary’ new protest powers to be withdrawn → Read More
Suella Braverman says police should not intervene in ‘legitimate debate’ on trans people and race
Home secretary accuses police of being too ‘politically correct’ after wave of racism and misogyny cases → Read More
Revealed: The staggering number of people concerned about sexism and racism in the police
Charities call for ‘radical rethink of the role of police in our communities’ → Read More
Asylum seekers to have less space than a car parking bay on ‘quasi-prison’ barge
Home Office will not say how 500 men will fit into 222 ‘single en-suite bedrooms’ on board → Read More
Government reveals full details of plan to house 500 asylum seekers on a barge in Dorset
At least one asylum seeker died on the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ when it was used to detain migrants in the Netherlands → Read More
UK spies waging cyber attacks to ‘weaken adversaries’ including Russia and Iran
GCHQ chief says Britain ‘must be able to contest and compete with adversaries in cyberspace’ → Read More
Rotherham survivor tells Suella Braverman government ‘needs to help all victims’
‘Everyone can be a victim and anyone can be a perpetrator,’ Sammy Woodhouse says after meeting with home secretary → Read More
Government to use biological age checks on child asylum seekers despite warnings they don’t work
Expert report commissioned by government said teeth and bone scans cannot prove someone is over 18 → Read More
Firefighters ‘acted out rape of female colleague’ amid widespread discrimination and harassment
Inadequate background checks and misconduct processes mean ‘predators’ could be working in the fire service, report warns → Read More
Child asylum seekers will be forcibly restrained if they ‘resist’ deportation, Home Office says
‘Using force on children in family groups may unfortunately be necessary,’ document says → Read More
Home Office planning to house asylum seekers in former prison
Charities say former prison that saw riots is an ‘unsuitable’ location for traumatised asylum seekers → Read More
Tory backlash over plans to put asylum seekers on barges and in military bases
One Tory MP tells parliament barges should be ‘out of the question’, while another says legal action will be launched over RAF base conversion → Read More
Dominic Raab gives himself power to veto prisoners’ release and ban inmates getting married
New measures that were not included in public consultation added to long-promised law → Read More
Government spends a third of aid budget on asylum seekers in UK as hotel costs soar
Report finds estimated £3.5bn spent mostly on hotels in 2022 ‘limited UK response’ to international crises → Read More