Home Office in the media blog: Monday 18 February
Today’s Home Office stories include returnees from Syria, how social media firms monitor their sites and extradition post-Brexit.
Home Secretary sets out approach to managing Syria returnees
Today (Sunday 17 February) the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, wrote in the Times regarding the UK Government’s approach to dealing with returnees from the conflict zone in Syria. The Home Secretary set out the government’s options for managing returnees, including stripping …
Factsheet: Syrian Travellers
This factsheet was updated on 5 November 2019. This factsheet explains our approach to managing the threat posed by individuals who have taken part in the conflict in Syria. As set out in our CONTEST strategy, more than 900 …
Home Office in the media blog: Friday 15 February
Today’s Home Office stories include the case of Shamima Begum and the immigration case of a 90-year-old man.
Home Office in the media blog: Thursday 14 February
Today’s Home Office stories include returning Daesh fighters, Zimbabwe removals and a trafficking caseworker job advert.
Home Office in the media blog: Wednesday 13 February
Today's Home Office stories include social media and knife crime, police cuts, and immigration post-Brexit. Social media and knife crime The Telegraph, Mail, Express, Times, Independent and BBC Breakfast report on comments made by the Home Secretary regarding social media …
Ten reasons why the future immigration system supports business
There are a number of articles in print and online quoting the CBI, who claim that the future immigration system risks “causing significant harm at a time of uncertainty for business”.
Home Office in the media blog: Monday 11 February
Today’s Home Office in the media stories include the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) briefing on how Brexit could affect policing, calls for dating apps to explain child safety policies and the non-emergency 101 number.
Home Secretary Op-Ed on the need for Knife Crime Prevention Orders
The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, had an op-ed published in the Times’ Red Box this morning focused on the need for Knife Crime Prevention Orders. Please see below for the copy of his comments. This op-ed comes ahead of the …
Home Office in the media blog: Friday 8 February
Today's Home Office stories include coverage of the latest homicide index figures, a deportation flight to Jamaica and an update on Windrush.