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Kavin came here to work. He ended up a modern slave.: Revealed: UK’s employment visas are causing thousands of legal migrant workers to end up in modern slavery […]
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On migration, Downing Street has defended the prospect of paying more to house asylum seekers in disused barracks instead of hotels, arguing that quelling public disquiet was worth any extra cost 📣
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The Guardian
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Home Office squandered billions on ‘failed and chaotic’ asylum accommodation
Commons committee describes successive governments’ failures to manage hotel use, contracts, spending and safeguarding
The Home Office has squandered billions of pounds on asylum accommodation due to long-term mismanagement of a “failed, chaotic and expensive” system, according to a report published by a powerful parliamentary committee.
The Commons cross-party home affairs committee report, published on Monday, highlights the previous and current governments’ failures to manage the mix of hotels, large sites such as the Wethersfield former military base in Essex, and shared housing. Continue reading...
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Join our Human Rights, A Moral Compass
a special event marking the 75th anniversary of the #ECHR, #HumanRightsDay & 25 years of the #HRA with Professor Francesca Klug, Karen Lewis
@JewishWomensAid
& Martha Spurrier.
📆13 November
🕖19–20:30
📍JW3
🔗 bit.ly/4ha7Za4
a special event marking the 75th anniversary of the #ECHR, #HumanRightsDay & 25 years of the #HRA with Professor Francesca Klug, Karen Lewis
@JewishWomensAid
& Martha Spurrier.
📆13 November
🕖19–20:30
📍JW3
🔗 bit.ly/4ha7Za4
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