Home Secretary wishes Muslim communities Eid Mubarak
The Home Secretary has issued a message to Muslim communities in the UK as they celebrate Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecca.
Home Office in the media: 1 September 2017
The main Home Office stories in the media today include further coverage of prosecutions under the Psychoactive Substances Act involving nitrous oxide, the issue of a data leak of sensitive immigration data, and a report profiling the fines given out …
Home Office in the media: 31 August 2017
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Today's news coverage of the Home Office included a story on two failed convictions under the Psychoactive Substances Act and a suggestion that official immigration statistics are measured by weighing landing cards. We clarify reporting on both of these stories …
Home Office in the media: 30 August 2017
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There is coverage in today’s newspapers and on broadcast media of the case of a man born and raised in the UK who had found he was not considered a British citizen. We have since clarified the facts in this …
Home Office in the media: 29 August 2017
Today’s top stories concerning the Home Office include the Telegraph’s coverage of a report into the government's use of Deportation with Assurances and the visa case of 21-year old Brian White.
Home Office in the media: 25 August 2017
There is extensive coverage across the newspapers this morning of the net migration figures published yesterday, student migration and new exit check data on those leaving the UK.
Home Office in the media: 24 August 2017
Today's media coverage includes reports on migration statistics, the Home Secretary's commission to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) on students, Home Office letters sent in error to EU citizens and images stored on the Police National Database.
Net migration statistics
Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis responds to the latest set of net migration figures.
Clarification: Home Office position on letters sent in error to EU nationals
There are media reports that Eva Holmberg, a Finnish national living in the UK, has received a letter from the Home Office informing her that she was liable for removal from the UK. Various outlets have reported that this appears …
Home Office in the media: 23 August 2017
The main Home Office related news in the media today focuses on a Migration Watch report on the government's net migration target and further coverage on the future of Operation Grange – the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.