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Plans to reintroduce time limits for the appeals of detained asylum seekers and foreign criminals against removal from the UK have been unveiled. A previous fast-track system was quashed in 2015 because judges said the rules were unlawful. New safeguards, including a case management review and strengthened powers for judges, would be introduced under the….

A man detained at an immigration removal centre in Dorset has died, the Home Office has said. The 43-year-old, who has not been named, died at The Verne, Portland, on Sunday. An investigation is under way. His death comes a month after campaigners raised concerns about the effects of detention on the 500 men held….