British authorities announced on Wednesday that the detention of asylum seekers slated for transfer to Rwanda within the next 9 to 11 weeks has commenced. Last month, the British Parliament passed legislation to facilitate the deportation of illegal asylum seekers to Rwanda. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims for the first flights to take place […]
DUP MP Carla Lockhart used her question at PMQs to ask about the Irish border.
Hope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain's unwanted migrants
The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial plan. The figures come days after the scheme aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became law following months of parliamentary
The government plans to deport to Rwanda some of those who enter the United Kingdom illegally as a deterrent to migrants who risk their lives in leaky, inflatable boats in hopes that they will be able to claim asylum once they reach Britain.
Labour believes the Government's flagship Rwanda scheme is 'not credible' and Sir Keir Starmer yesterday said he's 'not going to flog a dead horse' should he win
Justice Minister Helen McEntee revealed earlier this week 80% of recent asylum seekers have come to Ireland across the Northern Irish border
Exclusive: Action by organisation supporting migrants argues new rules are discriminatoryAn organisation that supports migrant workers has launched a legal challenge against the government’s new policy to bar care workers from bringing children and partners to the UK, warning that it is “tearing families apart”.According to Migrants at Work, care workers have to choose between family life with their children and partners or getting a job as a health or social carer in the UK – they can no longer...
Even though he racked up a string of criminal convictions, including actual bodily harm, the Home Office has been unable to deport the man who arrived in the UK in 1998 aged 21.
Britain's new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England.Incredulity and trepidation spread in a makeshift camp at Loon-Plage, a town near Dunkirk on the northern French coast, where migrants were waiting for a chance to cross the water.Many said they realised that even if they reached their destination, they could quickly find themselves bundled onto a flight to...
British Home Secretary James Cleverly is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government’s efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats
LONDON (AP) — British Home Secretary James Cleverly is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government’s efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats. Officials say Tuesday that Cleverly will meet his Italian counterpart, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, and discuss how Italy and Britain can expand their joint work to stop migrants