Home Office failures

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Apr 29, 2026 • via BBC News

Glasgow's 43% Refugee Homelessness Share Burdens Council Budgets to £74m Peak

1,685 claims drive costs from £38m to £74m by 2027-28

Ex-asylum seekers comprise 43% of Glasgow's homelessness applications, costing councils £74m by 2027 amid 6,000-person waits. Central dispersal and backlog policies overload local housing without resolution.

Nov 23, 2025 • via The Telegraph

Asylum Claims from Kuwait Double in Four Years as Fraud Scripts Circulate

Home Office approvals hit 81 percent amid decade-old warnings of Iraqi fakes

Smuggling guides coach migrants to exploit Bidoon status for UK refuge, driving a surge in claims and approvals despite known fraud patterns and failed verifications.

Oct 29, 2025 • via Sky News

£350 Boat, Lifetime Sentence

A rejected asylum seeker's random stabbing exposes systemic gaps in UK's migration controls

The fatal stabbing of a Derby man by a small boat migrant highlights failures in asylum processing and border enforcement that persist across governments, eroding public safety.