getty images The pace of the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria is giving us real insight into foreign policy dilemmas. In the blink of an eye the solid turns into liquid, and a whole series of strange questions arise. A dictator flees, his regime collapses and Foreign Secretary David Lammy addresses the Commons,…
Britain has halted decisions on Syrian asylum claims after ousting the country’s President Bashar al-Assad. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said that “the situation is moving very quickly following the fall of the Assad regime” and that some people are returning to Syria after recent developments. Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied rebel…
The Home Office has abandoned the previous government’s plans to use a former prison site in East Sussex as asylum accommodation. Conservative government to buy derelict NorthEye site in Bexhill for £15m in 2023More than double the amount the seller paid for it a year ago. Last month a report by the National Audit Office…
