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Rwanda

Suella Braverman listens on as prime minister Rishi Sunak announces the Illegal Migration Bill

Deportation flights to Rwanda could be started “by the summer”

Home Secretary Suella Braverman presented the Illegal Migration Bill in parliament.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman presented the Illegal Migration Bill in parliament.

Mhairi Black hits out as Braverman lays out plans to block asylum seekers

Migrants are escorted ashore from the UK Border Force vessel 'BF Ranger' in Dover, southeast England, on Monday, after having been picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel. Picture: AFP via Getty Images
Migrants are escorted ashore from the UK Border Force vessel 'BF Ranger' in Dover, southeast England, on Monday, after having been picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scottish Government has 'serious concerns' about asylum seeker bill

Rishi Sunak has “pushed the boundaries of international law” with legislation to tackle small boat crossings of the Channel, the Home Secretary has said.
Rishi Sunak has “pushed the boundaries of international law” with legislation to tackle small boat crossings of the Channel, the Home Secretary has said.

Rishi Sunak’s small boats plans ‘push boundaries of international law’

Migrants picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel are escorted off from a UK Border Force boat upon arrival at the Marina in Dover, southeast England, last year.
Migrants picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel are escorted off from a UK Border Force boat upon arrival at the Marina in Dover, southeast England, last year.

Why new ‘deterrent’ to stop non-legal arrivals in UK is pointless

The UK Government plans to ban anyone arriving in the UK through non-legal means from applying for asylum.
The UK Government plans to ban anyone arriving in the UK through non-legal means from applying for asylum.

Refugees arriving in UK on boats to be banned from right to claim asylum

On BBC Question Time on Thursday, the Private Eye editor mocked Robert Jenrick when the immigration minister defended the scheme.
On BBC Question Time on Thursday, the Private Eye editor mocked Robert Jenrick when the immigration minister defended the scheme.

Ian Hislop clashes with Robert Jenrick during BBC Question Time

Home secretary Suella Braverman insisted all options were on the table. Picture: PA
Home secretary Suella Braverman insisted all options were on the table. Picture: PA

Suella Braverman refuses to rule out using cruise ships to house asylum seekers

Campaigners lost a High Court challenge against the Rwanda scheme.
Campaigners lost a High Court challenge against the Rwanda scheme.

Opposition parties insist Rwanda deportations are 'immoral'

'Stand up to Racism' campaigners dismantle a flag after staging an anti-Rwanda deportations demo outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
'Stand up to Racism' campaigners dismantle a flag after staging an anti-Rwanda deportations demo outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful, the High Court has ruled.

A man is escorted by Border Force officials after being picked up in the channel with other migrants on the south coast of England.
A man is escorted by Border Force officials after being picked up in the channel with other migrants on the south coast of England.

UN refugee arm condemns asylum seeker report

Suella Braverman, Secretary of State for the Home Department speaks on day three of the Conservative Party Conference.
Suella Braverman, Secretary of State for the Home Department speaks on day three of the Conservative Party Conference.

Braverman to crack down on ‘unexamined drive’ towards multicultural Britain

A woman tries to board a rescue boat in the Mediterranean Sea after her vessel sank, with the deaths of five people, including a new-born child (Picture: Alessio Paduano/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman tries to board a rescue boat in the Mediterranean Sea after her vessel sank, with the deaths of five people, including a new-born child (Picture: Alessio Paduano/AFP via Getty Images)

Kenny MacAskill: Plight of Mediterranean refugees will make you weep

Sabir Zazai, chief executive of the Scottish Refugee Council, called for Truss to change the UK Government's course on asylum.
Sabir Zazai, chief executive of the Scottish Refugee Council, called for Truss to change the UK Government's course on asylum.

Calls for Truss to ‘change course’ on refugee rights

Migrants risk their lives daily crossing the English Channel in overloaded and often unseaworthy board
Migrants risk their lives daily crossing the English Channel in overloaded and often unseaworthy board

More than 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel this year

The Book of Life
The Book of Life

Edinburgh International Festival: 4 theatre highlights for 2022

A water-skier tales part in the Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games (Picture: Nick England/Getty Images for Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay)
A water-skier tales part in the Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games (Picture: Nick England/Getty Images for Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay)

Commonwealth Games has created global ties of friendship out of sins on Empire

Rishi Sunak has made several policy pledges around immigration as he battles Liz Truss to become the next Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak has made several policy pledges around immigration as he battles Liz Truss to become the next Prime Minister

Sunak promises to get tough on China as candidates trade blows over immigration

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are battling for the Tory leadership
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are battling for the Tory leadership

Leader comment: Is immigration really the biggest problem facing the UK?

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover

‘No clear evidence’ Rwanda plan deterring migrant crossings – MPs

A group of people, including a child, thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel earlier this month.  Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
A group of people, including a child, thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel earlier this month.  Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Leader: Next prime minister must ditch Rwanda policy

Jeremy Hunt defended the controversial policy
Jeremy Hunt defended the controversial policy

Jeremy Hunt vows to keep Rwanda scheme if he becomes Tory leader

Migrants gesture as they arrive in Dover aboard a Border Force vessel after being intercepted while crossing the English Channel from France in small boats (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)
Migrants gesture as they arrive in Dover aboard a Border Force vessel after being intercepted while crossing the English Channel from France in small boats (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Rwanda asylum-seeker plan exposes dark side of Johnson's government

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London.

Boris Johnson hits out at opponents of Rwanda asylum seekers scheme

Police officers near a Boeing 767 aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, which is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA
Police officers near a Boeing 767 aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, which is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA

Rwanda: There is still hope for the soul of the UK - Dani Garavelli

Home Secretary Priti Patel making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London, on the Rwanda asylum plan. Picture date: Wednesday June 15, 2022.
Home Secretary Priti Patel making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London, on the Rwanda asylum plan. Picture date: Wednesday June 15, 2022.

‘Rwanda asylum policy dishonours God’ – Church of Scotland moderator

Home Secretary Priti Patel making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons
Home Secretary Priti Patel making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons

Analysis: Why the Rwanda flight cancellation is good for Boris Johnson

A placard left outside the High Court where the ruling on Rwanda deportation flights is taking place in London. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says the first deportation flight to Rwanda will take off in the evening of Tuesday, June 14th, regardless of how many people are on board, as immigration attorneys launch case-by-case appeals on behalf of the migrants scheduled for removal. Photo: AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File.
A placard left outside the High Court where the ruling on Rwanda deportation flights is taking place in London. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says the first deportation flight to Rwanda will take off in the evening of Tuesday, June 14th, regardless of how many people are on board, as immigration attorneys launch case-by-case appeals on behalf of the migrants scheduled for removal. Photo: AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File.

Here's why the UK is sending refugees to Rwanda

A protester communicates with those inside at the perimeter fence of Brook House immigration removal centre beside Gatwick Airport as demonstrators gather to protest against the UK government's intention to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda.
A protester communicates with those inside at the perimeter fence of Brook House immigration removal centre beside Gatwick Airport as demonstrators gather to protest against the UK government's intention to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

Plan to send near-empty flight to Rwanda is clear message to asylum seekers

The grounded Rwanda deportation flight
The grounded Rwanda deportation flight

Rwanda flight grounded after European Court of Human Rights intervenes

A plane standing-by at MOD Boscombe Down, Salisbury. A flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda is believed to be leaving from a Westcountry RAF military aircraft testing site after a last-ditch legal bid to halt the controversial deportation policy failed. Picture: Adam Hughes/SWNS
A plane standing-by at MOD Boscombe Down, Salisbury. A flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda is believed to be leaving from a Westcountry RAF military aircraft testing site after a last-ditch legal bid to halt the controversial deportation policy failed. Picture: Adam Hughes/SWNS

Home Office accused of refusing to answer questions on right to remain

General Synod members backing the Thursdays In Black campaign, a global movement urging an end to violence against women.
General Synod members backing the Thursdays In Black campaign, a global movement urging an end to violence against women.

Church leader condemns Rwanda deportations

Home Secretary Priti Patel introduced the controversial new Rwanda plan last month
Home Secretary Priti Patel introduced the controversial new Rwanda plan last month

Age dispute could see teenage boys deported to Rwanda immigration centre

A security officer passes in front of the Desir Resort hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, which is preparing to house migrants.
A security officer passes in front of the Desir Resort hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, which is preparing to house migrants.

Migrants notified of removal to Rwanda as first flight is set for June 14

Anti-Homosexual activists march on the streets of Kampala. Picture: ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty
Anti-Homosexual activists march on the streets of Kampala. Picture: ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty

'I would rather die than go to Rwanda' - the fears of LGBT+ asylum seekers

The number of migrants deported to Rwanda is “more likely to be in the hundreds” each year, according to the deputy prime minister.
The number of migrants deported to Rwanda is “more likely to be in the hundreds” each year, according to the deputy prime minister.

‘Hundreds’ likely to be sent to Rwanda each year – minister

Ncuti Gatwa, cast as the new Doctor Who, pictured at the BAFTA Television awards on May 8, 2022 (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
Ncuti Gatwa, cast as the new Doctor Who, pictured at the BAFTA Television awards on May 8, 2022 (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)

All you need to know about Ncuti Gatwa, the new Doctor Who

A group of migrants disembark from a UK Border Force boat at the port of Dover having being picked up crossing the English Channel from France.
A group of migrants disembark from a UK Border Force boat at the port of Dover having being picked up crossing the English Channel from France.

Immigration lawyer raises ‘serious deficiencies’ in UK Rwanda policy

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel, following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel, following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Too early to say if Rwanda scheme deterring migrants, says Tory MP

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Brexit Opportunities Minister
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Brexit Opportunities Minister

Readers' letters: Rees-Mogg is wrong on flexible working

Home Secretary Priti Patel defends the plan to send refugees to Rwanda in the House of Commons
Home Secretary Priti Patel defends the plan to send refugees to Rwanda in the House of Commons

Readers' Letters: Facts twisted by supporters of plan to export refugees to Rwan...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday April 20, 2022.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday April 20, 2022.

Boris Johnson denies 'slandering' Archbishop of Canterbury over Rwanda scheme

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel yesterday
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel yesterday

Readers' Letters: We need viable alternatives to the Rwanda option for refugees

'The suggestion that we should send those seeking refuge in this country on a one-way ticket to Rwanda is an bitter betrayal,' says the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth (file image). Picture: John Devlin.
'The suggestion that we should send those seeking refuge in this country on a one-way ticket to Rwanda is an bitter betrayal,' says the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth (file image). Picture: John Devlin.

Priti Patel's Rwanda plan 'immoral, shameless and obscene', says Glasgow cathedr...

Justin Welby, the Archbishop Of Canterbury delivers his Easter Sermon at Canterbury Cathedral
Justin Welby, the Archbishop Of Canterbury delivers his Easter Sermon at Canterbury Cathedral

Perhaps Boris Johnson will listen to God and dump Rwanda plan - leader comment

Priti Patel speaks to the media in Rwanda after signing what the two countries called an "economic development partnership"
Priti Patel speaks to the media in Rwanda after signing what the two countries called an "economic development partnership"

Those wanting open borders to everyone need to be honest - Brian Monteith

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel. Under a scheme designed to crack down on migrants landing on British shores after crossing the Channel in small boats, the UK intends to provide those deemed to have arrived unlawfully with a one-way ticket to Rwanda. Picture date: Friday April 15, 2022.
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel. Under a scheme designed to crack down on migrants landing on British shores after crossing the Channel in small boats, the UK intends to provide those deemed to have arrived unlawfully with a one-way ticket to Rwanda. Picture date: Friday April 15, 2022.

Sending migrants to Rwanda ‘a cataclysmic waste’ of taxpayers’ money, says SNP

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby carries a wooden cross during the Walk of Witness at St Mary's Church, Sellindge, Kent, as he carries out his Holy Week engagements.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby carries a wooden cross during the Walk of Witness at St Mary's Church, Sellindge, Kent, as he carries out his Holy Week engagements.

Archbishop: Rwanda asylum plan is ‘opposite of nature of God’

Home Secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Vincent Biruta, sign the agreement for asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda
Home Secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Vincent Biruta, sign the agreement for asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda

Readers' Letters: Rwanda’s a dangerous place for asylum seekers

Boris Johnson visits the command room at the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Dover (Picture: Dan Kitwood/pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Boris Johnson visits the command room at the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Dover (Picture: Dan Kitwood/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Rwanda plan is wrong, but critics need to offer an alternative – Brian Wilson

Sending migrants to Rwanda will save Britain money in the “longer term”, a minister has argued, despite critics describing the costs involved as “eye-watering”.
Sending migrants to Rwanda will save Britain money in the “longer term”, a minister has argued, despite critics describing the costs involved as “eye-watering”.

Sending migrants to Rwanda will save UK money - UK minister

Migrants arrive at Dover port after being picked up in the channel by the  border force yesterday in Dover, England.
Migrants arrive at Dover port after being picked up in the channel by the  border force yesterday in Dover, England.

Syrian refugee applying to live in Scotland condemns Rwanda asylum scheme

Boris Johnson is leading the UK down a dangerous path as he adopts Donald Trump's obsession with migrants (Picture: Christopher Furlong/WPA pool/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson is leading the UK down a dangerous path as he adopts Donald Trump's obsession with migrants (Picture: Christopher Furlong/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Johnson's plan to send refugees to Rwanda is straight out of Trump's playbook

A rescuer gives a baby back to the mother on the beach after disembarking from an RNLI lifeboat, in Dungeness, on the southeast coast of England, last month, after crossing the English Channel.
A rescuer gives a baby back to the mother on the beach after disembarking from an RNLI lifeboat, in Dungeness, on the southeast coast of England, last month, after crossing the English Channel.

Children seeking asylum could be shipped to Rwanda by the UK Government

An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women and children across the English Channel  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women and children across the English Channel  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Why people try to cross the English Channel in migrant boats

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross backs controversial UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

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