Immigration

• Councils threaten to ‘divide' migrant families, report says

  Local authorities often threaten to take children into care if their parents do not have the proper documentation to remain in the country, human rights groups warn.

  

• UK half way to meeting target of resettling 20,000 refugees

  The UK has passed the half way mark in its commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees by 2020.

  

• Council hits out at 'basic and unfair' migration funding

  The council that looks after 10% of the country's unaccompanied asylum seeking children has slammed the government's decision to award it less than 2% of the funding available.

  

• Councils given £29m funding boost to support vulnerable children

  Councils in England are to receive an additional £29m to help support unaccompanied asylum seeking children and care leavers.

  

• Scheme to share responsibility unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is extended

  A scheme to make sure local authorities share responsibilities for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is to be extended to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  

• New strategy unveiled to improve care of unaccompanied child migrants

  A review of council funding will be published as part of a wider strategy on improving care for unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of slavery.

  

• Immigration policies made ‘in the dark’, committee warns

  Immigration policies are being formulated ‘in the dark’, committee warns as it criticises the quality of migration data the Government bases its decisions on.

  

• British workers hit ‘hardest’ by immigration cuts, research reveals

  The Government’s net migration target of below 100,000 a year could lead to over 3 million people facing unemployment, new research reveals.

  

• MPs calls for regions to have control over immigration quotas

  City regions should be allowed to set their own quotas for immigration to help councils address specific economic and cultural needs, MPs have said today.

  

• Government pledges support to councils to help refugee children

  The Government will work with councils to help children from the 'Jungle' refugee camp in Calais who are eligible to enter the UK, home secretary pledged.