Lords cave to pressure and withdraw final amendment to the Rwanda bill
Refugees tell Holly Bancroft about the dangerous journeys they have taken to get to Northern France – and their hope of reaching the UK
Peers admitted defeat in their desperate efforts to water down the legislation just before midnight, with one describing the moment as a 'funeral'.
By Katherine Lawton Published: 3:28 p.m. EDT, April 30, 2024 | Updated: 3:46 p.m. EDT, April 30, 2024 The first asylum seeker has been deported to Rwanda as part of Rishi Sunak's crackdown. The migrant, whose name is unknown, was flown out of the UK yesterday evening and arrived in Kigali. He was put on a commercial flight and given around £3,000 by the British taxpayer to help him relocate as part of a...
The Irish government can not "cherry-pick" its promises about the border with Northern Ireland, the PM warns.
The PM wants to strip GPs of power to issue sick notes but Labour says he has run out of ideas.
It comes after Ireland said it would pass new laws to allow people to be returned to the UK.
UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern IrelandAn increase in asylum seekers heading to to Ireland proves that the Conservative party’s Rwanda plan is working, Rishi Sunak has claimed.In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor Phillips that will air on Sunday morning, the prime minister said the “deterrent is already having an impact because people are worried about coming here”. Continue reading
Defiant peers have again dug in their heels over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan and demanded MPs think again for a fifth time.
After a late-night parliamentary sitting, the plan to send some asylum
There has been an ongoing row in recent days since Minister Helen McEntee said that 80 per cent of arrivals at the International Protection Office in Dublin had come across the Northern Irish border from the UK
In an interview with Sky News ' with Trevor Phillips, which will air in full on Sunday the Prime Minster defended his flagship scheme saying 'people are worried about coming here'.