Terror plot prompts apology and ID card pledge
News Article 14 April 2005
Alan Milburn has apologised for the killing of a policeman by the failed asylum seeker who plotted a UK terror attack.
Asylum seekers could contribute £100m
Press Review 14 March 2005
The government has been warned that it is ignoring a £100m tax windfall by refusing to allow asylum seekers to work.
New pledge to tackle illegal immigration
News Article 21 February 2005
The Home Office has announced it is expanding a scheme to prevent illegal immigrants boarding planes bound for Britain.
Holyrood facing asylum headache
News Article 20 February 2005
Scottish councils are threatening to refuse to house asylum seekers, according to reports.
Howard attacks government waste
News Article 9 February 2005
Michael Howard has accused the government of misspending taxpayers' money on failed drives to cut truancy and process asylum seekers.
MPs seek faster action on asylum cases
News Article 8 February 2005
The Home Office should fast track more asylum applications, a committee of MPs has concluded.
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Work plan for failed asylum seekers
Press Review 13 December 2004
The Home Office has called for local authorities and voluntary organisations to bid for funds to run community work programmes for failed asylum seekers.
Asylum policy 'racist'
Press Review 10 December 2004
Liberty said a court ruling on Thursday had exposed racism "at the heart of the government's asylum policy".
Blair 'intervened' in asylum bid
Press Review 16 November 2004
Tony Blair intervened in an attempt to deport asylum seekers to Egypt despite warnings they might be tortured, according to the Guardian.
Concern over new refugee scheme
News Article 1 November 2004
As the first refugees brought to the UK under a new Home Office scheme arrive in Bolton, a local MP has urged ministers to think again about how asylum seekers are distributed.
New Home Office refugee scheme begins
Press Review 1 November 2004
In a bid to help the most threatened refugees 81 Liberian and Congolese asylum seekers assessed as "exceptionally vulnerable" by the United Nations, arrive in Bolton today.
Blunkett rejects call to halt return of Iraqis
Press Review 27 October 2004
The home secretary has rejected calls for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to stop returning asylum seekers to Iraq.
Ministers set out TB crackdown
Press Review 8 October 2004
The government has unveiled an action plan against tuberculosis which specifically targets asylum seekers, drug users and prisoners.
Home Office refugee scheme flops
Press Review 4 October 2004
A key Home Office scheme to house UN nominated refugees in Britain is failing to meet expectations because local authorities are reluctant to accept them.
