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Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
MPs have finished the Report Stage debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as well as voting on various amendments. More such votes are expected to follow ahead of a crunch Third Reading vote next Friday. During today’s debate, MPs voted in favour of several changes that strengthen the safeguards in the… Read more »
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The UK Border Agency has announced a massive increase in the number of immigrant removal centres. “Even though asylum claims are at a 14-year low, we are removing more failed asylum seekers each year,” said Liam Byrne, immigration minister. “That means we need more detention space.” But plans to station the two extra centres in… Read more »
The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the country has fallen, the latest figures show. The quarterly asylum, accession monitoring and citizenship statistics show that between July and September, 3,120 failed asylum seekers were deported. This represents an 18 per cent drop on deportations compared to this time last year and is five per… Read more »
