https://www.scmp.com/rss/522644/feed The latest news and top stories on Home Office. A prominent London-based governmental department, the Home Office serves as the United Kingdom’s interior ministry. Established in 1782, its primary mission is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. Its main areas of activity include public safety, policing, border security, immigration, visas, passports, and counter-terrorism. The Home Office is responsible for reducing and preventing crime, managing civil emergencies, and shaping policy on... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Three people are believed to have been crushed to death and three others were missing in two separate incidents as migrants attempted to cross the English Channel, French officials said on Wednesday. The latest tragedies, which took place in northern France overnight on Tuesday to Wednesday, bring the number of deaths this year linked to crossings in overcrowded dinghies to at least 23, according to official French data. Laurent Touvet, the top state official for the northern region of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325091/grim-night-english-channel-3-die-3-go-missing-trying-cross-uk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325091/grim-night-english-channel-3-die-3-go-missing-trying-cross-uk?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:36:54 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu A UK Home Office minister has said that a proposal to extend the settlement period for Hongkongers from five to 10 years is subject to consultation, but their economic contribution is “huge and lasting”. Other parliamentarians in the debate agreed that Hongkongers should be exempt from the proposed extension announced by British authorities in May. They argued this change would be a betrayal of trust by moving the goalposts and would delay access to lower university tuition fees in the UK and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3324928/extending-hongkongers-uk-settlement-period-10-years-breach-trust-mp?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3324928/extending-hongkongers-uk-settlement-period-10-years-breach-trust-mp?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:52:26 +0000 Edith Lin Edith Lin The first batch of about 600 Hongkongers has been granted settlement in the United Kingdom as of June after the British government introduced a bespoke pathway for residents in 2021, the country’s authorities have said. The Home Office, which handles UK immigration, revealed on Thursday the figures under the British National (Overseas), or BN(O), visa scheme, which typically requires these passport holders from Hong Kong to have five years of continuous residence in the country before becoming... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3322689/first-batch-600-hongkongers-granted-uk-settlement-under-bno-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3322689/first-batch-600-hongkongers-granted-uk-settlement-under-bno-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:31:01 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft Hong Kong authorities have hit out at the “harbouring of criminals by countries” as Australia and the UK granted asylum to a pair of opposition activists wanted for national security offences. Fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung, who lives in Adelaide, and activist Tony Chung Hon-lam, based in London, announced separately on their social media accounts this weekend that they had been granted asylum by the governments of Australia and the UK, respectively. In a statement in the early... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3322118/hong-kong-authorities-object-australia-uk-grant-asylum-2-activists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3322118/hong-kong-authorities-object-australia-uk-grant-asylum-2-activists?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 04:41:48 +0000 dpa,Agence France-Presse dpa,Agence France-Presse Police on Saturday arrested protesters in London for supporting activist group Palestine Action, which on Friday was banned in the United Kingdom under anti-terror laws. “Officers are responding to a protest in support of Palestine Action in Parliament Square. The group is now proscribed and expressing support for them is a criminal offence. Arrests are being made,” Metropolitan Police wrote on social media. Campaign group Defend Our Juries said in a press release that a group of 27 people,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3317104/palestine-action-designated-terror-group-uk-after-failed-legal-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3317104/palestine-action-designated-terror-group-uk-after-failed-legal-action?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:40:48 +0000