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  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Coronavirus sparks exodus of foreign-born people from UK

    Up to 1.3m may have left in past 12 months, according to research that questions official data

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    US accuses Facebook of illegally favouring immigrant workers

    Justice department lawsuit claims social media group discriminated against Americans in hiring

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Brexit
    Post-Brexit migration rules risk staff crisis in social care, warns study

    Two-thirds of EU citizens employed in UK would not have qualified for a work visa under new regime

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    UK urged to restart resettlement schemes after migrant drownings

    Campaigners say lack of safe alternative means clandestine crossings will continue

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    UK agriculture
    UK farmers warn time running out to find labour for 2021 harvest

    Growers want clarity from ministers over seasonal worker scheme after end of EU free movement

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Four feared dead as migrants’ boat capsizes in Channel

    Incident off the coast of Dunkirk is worst since recent spike in crossings to UK

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    News in-depthBrexit
    Dentists warn of looming recruitment crisis in UK

    Brexit and pandemic create ‘perfect storm’ in some areas, industry’s trade body warns

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    Shipping
    British special forces storm tanker to end suspected attempted hijacking

    Seven people detained after authorities regain control of oil vessel off UK coast

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Home Office rejects easing of health recruitment rules

    Migration Advisory Committee had called for loosening of post-Brexit restrictions

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  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Global migration
    Pandemic ends a decade of growth in global migration

    Movement of people is in ‘historic decline’ that will have lasting effects, says OECD

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Windrush review author warns over pace of compensation payments

    Home Office also criticised over pace of reform and use of language for immigration

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    Patel promises to create ‘firm and fair’ UK asylum system

    Home secretary’s announcement follows controversy over proposals to build offshore processing centre

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    News in-depth
    Leaks leave Priti Patel’s asylum plans all at sea

    Whitehall blame game underway as proposals for remote island camps or floating Channel wall dubbed ‘brainstorming’

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A more humane approach to migration

    UK ideas for offshore asylum processing centres pose a risk to human rights

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    UK considers floating walls in Channel to block asylum seekers

    Government in secret consultation with maritime industry over measures to prevent crossings

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    No 10 confirms UK offshore asylum plan under consideration

    Experience of other countries being looked at, says government, after revelation of Ascension Island idea

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Priti Patel looked at shipping UK asylum seekers to south Atlantic

    Home Office officials were asked to explore building migrant centres on Ascension and St Helena

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Care homes jobs should be on post-Brexit ‘shortage’ list

    Migration body warns of problems recruiting in sector with end of free movement

  • Sunday, 20 September, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Migrants responsible for UK’s growth of top incomes and taxes

    Study suggests highest paid roles in economy have been created for specialist foreign workers

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Home Office data on undocumented immigrants ‘disturbingly weak’

    Scathing Commons report says decisions based on ‘anecdote, assumption and prejudice’

  • Thursday, 3 September, 2020
    Home Office unclear on returning asylum seekers to EU post-Brexit

    Officials do not know what rules will be even as number of migrants making Channel crossing rises

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    Visa delays keep hundreds of doctors on NHS waiting list

    Staff are mostly waiting for ‘vignettes’ allowing them to travel to and work in UK

  • Sunday, 30 August, 2020
    UK rhetoric collides with reality as migrant crossings surge

    Legal and practical barriers obstruct Tories’ desire to control and limit immigration

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Asylum lawyer speaks out against Home Office ‘criticism’

    Amjad Salfiti tells of clients’ flight from atrocities in Syria to London’s Willesden Green

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    Home Office attacks ‘activist lawyers’ over cancelled returns of asylum seekers

    Department uses unusually trenchant language after it was forced to halt plans to transfer migrants to Spain

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