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Home Office sources have pushed back against suggestions asylum seekers could have items of sentimental value, such as wedding rings, confiscated to pay for their accommodation.

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It also announced controversial plans to confiscate asylum seekers’ assets, including assets like jewelry and cars, to offset the cost of processing their asylum claims and taxpayer-funded accommodation.

UK Home Office sources have ruled out confiscating sentimental items like wedding rings, but Home Office Minister Alex Norris has suggested that cars and e-bikes could be targeted.

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On Friday, nine people were killed when confiscated explosives blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, in what authorities said was an accident.

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"They didn't allow the plane to go before confiscating the medication from the patients and releasing it on the conveyor belt when we got to the destination," said Jon Robson of online cannabis clinic Mamedica.

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