In Focus: October at the Home Office
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Welcome to the first edition of In Focus: October at the Home Office - your monthly roundup of the latest stories, updates and highlights from across the department.
Home Secretary launches new support for Windrush victims
Earlier this month, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced ￡1.5 million grant funding to support victims of the Windrush scandal in claiming compensation.??
Key measures include appointing a Windrush Commissioner to ensure accountability and represent affected communities, as well as re-establishing the Windrush Unit to drive cultural change. This renewed commitment follows a meeting with Wendy Williams who led the Windrush review and comes alongside a roundtable with stakeholders to reaffirm the dedication to justice for the Windrush generation.
Support for victims of modern slavery?
Survivors of modern slavery face unimaginable trauma from years of sexual, physical and economic abuse. Delays in decisions on their cases only make their suffering worse.?
That's why we're pledging to clear the modern slavery case backlog within two years by hiring 200 new decision-makers. This will give survivors timely recognition and the much-needed certainty and stability to rebuild their lives.??
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G7 countries agree new plan to dismantle migrant smuggling gangs
Earlier this month, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper attended the G7 summit, a key forum where leaders from the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan address critical global issues.
Together with her international counterparts, the Home Secretary launched a major anti-smuggling plan designed to dismantle the criminal networks that exploit and traffic vulnerable individuals. This initiative will enhance cross-border collaboration, streamline intelligence sharing and strengthen efforts to prosecute smugglers, marking a unified stand against human trafficking.
Trafficked to the UK under false pretences, Marie* endured years of abuse, exploitation, and manipulation before finally finding refuge and support through the Salvation Army.??
In this video, Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips speaks with Marie and learns more about what she went through. Marie’s experiences underline the critical importance of our recent pledge to clear the backlog of decisions on modern slavery cases within two years.?
*not her real name.
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5 天前Great news.. this is a good initiative and hopefully the issue will be resolved in the best way possible for the community and the people.
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2 周This isn’t a newsletter it’s a Party Political broadcast!
Fantastic update
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3 周I would advise you regularise the people here already so the taxes they pay is collected into the right channel. A lot of money is missed for if they have the right documentation, you will not be over emphasising on tax. Do that and see how much the country will realise.
The Home Office need a complete ovethaul, they get facts wrong: The Windrush scandal is still going on. They need to create a better and easier route for spouses and look at how some parts of Europe treat spouses of nationals. They also need to not choose a child over a childless couple and read a case without a tick box or list of places that they refuse, often colour. They cannot tell a british subject to leave their homeland when many senior MPs hold dual nationality but choose to live in Britain, if they hold dual why are they not choosing to live in those places?? For spouses as a chrisian country they need to think about christian values and to the bible about the sanctity of marriage.