Asylum seekers ‘hide or flee to Ireland’ to avoid UK Rwanda detentions
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Charities fear ‘increasing risks of destitution and exploitation’ of refugees as they go into hidingThe Home Office is dealing with growing fallout from the high-profile round-ups of asylum seekers it wants to send to Rwanda, as some have gone into hiding while others have fled across the border to Ireland.Officials began rounding up asylum seekers to detain them for the Rwanda scheme a week ago, with at least one now on hunger strike and another threatening suicide. Continue reading
TheJournal.ie—Court rules that UK law on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda should be disapplied in Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Humphreys said the Act would result in a diminution of rights enjoyed by asylum seekers in Northern Ireland under the Good Friday Agreement.
BBC News—What is the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda and how many could go?. The UK government has passed new legislation to let it send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
TheJournal.ie—Tánaiste denies that asylum seekers in tents on streets is 'Ireland's Rwanda policy'. Micheál Martin said he would never support a policy similar to the UK’s controversial migration scheme.