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A group of people, thought to be migrants, waiting on a Border Force rib to come ashore at Dover marina in Kent
HOME OFFICE plans to outsource asylum interviews to a private contractor were branded “dangerous” by refugee charities yesterday.
The government department said that it was considering handing over the interview and evidence-gathering process to a third party to cope with a growing number of asylum applications.
Firms in the running for the contract include G4S, Capita, Mitie, Sopra Steria and Serco, all privateers embroiled in a number of scandals over the handling of detention centres.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Government accused of scapegoating ethnic minorities after Home Office reveals plan to publish the nationalities of foreign criminals
