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Home Office Hires Adviser Amid Immigration Controversies

9/13/2025

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The Home Office is hiring a religious adviser for detained migrants at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire.
This role involves counseling detainees on marriage requests and arranging ceremonies, despite concerns about sham marriages.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp criticized the position, advocating for the swift deportation of illegal migrants and foreign criminals.
Detainees may marry if there are no legal barriers and they cooperate with Home Office inquiries.
The government plans to expand immigration removal centres, raising capacity to 3,500, as over 31,000 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK this year, a 40% increase from last year.

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The Home Office is hiring a religious adviser for detained migrants at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire.
This role involves counseling detainees on marriage requests and arranging ceremonies, despite concerns about sham marriages.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp criticized the position, advocating for the swift deportation of illegal migrants and foreign criminals.
Detainees may marry if there are no legal barriers and they cooperate with Home Office inquiries.
The government plans to expand immigration removal centres, raising capacity to 3,500, as over 31,000 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK this year, a 40% increase from last year.