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Migration data needed urgently for clarification on settlement, citizenship and integration in UK | Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (909+ words) The Justice and Home Affairs Committee publishes its report 'Settlement, Citizenship and Integration'. Woefully inadequate data on migration, as well as the failure to accurately predict the long-term impacts of migration obfuscates the already complex and controversial topics of settlement,…...
Press Notice: Children's Commissioner demands Home Secretary releases data on children affected by plans to withdraw support from failed asylum-seeking families | Children's Commissioner
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (787+ words) The Children's Commissioner for England is demanding the Home Secretary releases figures for the number of children that will be affected by proposals to withdraw support and forcibly remove children and families with failed asylum claims." Dame Rachel de Souza…...
Police Service of Northern Ireland 25 years on: More still to do on funding, security and officer representation, MPs say | Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (837+ words) More needs to be done to ensure funding is adequate for the unique policing and security challenges in Northern Ireland, MPs say today, in a report that also calls for action on PSNI officer numbers and representation. The recommendations from…...
APCC Chair calls on government to rethink "mega forces" mergers | Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (353+ words) As the APCC submitted its evidence to the Independent Review of Police Force Structures led by Lord Hogan-Howe, the Chair of the APCC, Emily Spurrell, said: "Police and Crime Commissioners believe a hugely complex and expensive reorganisation of police force…...
Prevent referral mechanism unprepared to deal with reality of modern extremism " Home Affairs Committee warns | Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (402+ words) A failure to move on from a counter-terror mindset has left the country ill-prepared to deal with new forms of extremism, a report by the Home Affairs Committee has warned. Prevent remains the go-to mechanism for dealing with individuals considered…...
Taxi drivers sentenced for helping smuggle illegal migrants to France | National Crime Agency
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (780+ words) Four taxi drivers who were part of a conspiracy to smuggle illegal migrants to France in the back of lorries have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation Kingpin Madjid Belabes, 54, (pictured) was estimated to have made nearly "290, 000 by…...
Police Scotland fined "66k and reprimanded following serious data mishandling | Information Commissioner's Office
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (581+ words) We have issued a66, 000 fine and a reprimand to Police Scotlandfor serious failures in the handling of sensitive personal information." Our investigation found that Police Scotland extracted the entire contents of a person's mobile phone after they reported an alleged crime,…...