Immigration
Lindsay van Dijk has been appointed to head up the chaplaincy and pastoral care team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides person-centred pastoral and spiritual care. As a head of service role, this is the most senior role a humanist pastoral carer has ever held in the NHS. She is also the… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s first and leading medical defence organisation for doctors, today announced that it has appointed Dr Matthew Lee as its new chief executive. Dr Lee will take over from Dr Christine Tomkins, who is retiring in September after a long career supporting MDU members. Dr Tomkins has been in… Read more »
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The Home Office has confirmed it is looking at plans to forcibly remove hundreds of unaccompanied children who are seeking asylum in the UK. A spokesman insisted the children’s safety would “always be a primary consideration”, but the move has prompted serious concern among child protection groups. Under current rules, children arriving in the UK… Read more »
The government’s determination to clamp down on failed asylum seekers staying in the UK means thousands of illegal workers are being ignored, it has been claimed. John Tincey, the vice chairman of the Immigration Service union (ISU), said that staff had even been penalised for spending too much time looking for illegal workers. “This has… Read more »
