The first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda will leave in 10-12 weeks, Rishi Sunak said as he promised that “no ifs, no buts” the scheme would be put into operation.
The Home Office says it is in final phase of implementing the policy, with reports detentions will begin on Monday.
Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda “indefinitely”, the home secretary has said, as he argued that the £1.8m a person cost of the scheme was justified.James Cleverly, in his first interview since the government’s plan was approved by parliament on Monday, said he had booked a succession of initial flights and was preparing to order the detention of people seeking...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday promised that deportation flights of asylum seekers to Rwanda will begin in "10 to 12 weeks", as the plan entered its final stage in parliament."We are ready, plans are in place and these flights will go, come what may," Sunak told a Downing Street news conference, hours before parliament is set to approve the contentious proposal.Sunak says it is essential to deter record numbers of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to England from France in small boats...
James Cleverly insisted that the Home Office's plans to initiate the Rwanda deportation scheme was 'robust' - and confirmed a number of flights had already been booked.
Deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov, who has been sanctioned by US and EU, faces up to 15 years in jail A Russian deputy defence minister has been detained on suspicion of bribe-taking, the country’s top law enforcement agency has said, a rare move amid the offensive in Ukraine.The investigative committee reported Timur Ivanov’s detention on Tuesday without offering any details of the accusations against him, saying only that he is suspected of taking an especially large bribe – a criminal...
Since the Rwanda policy was proposed in April 2022, not a single flight has left for the east African nation
The ex-health minister, who works part time as a doctor, said he found it 'increasingly difficult to look his NHS colleagues in the eye' while being a Tory
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Wednesday that he was cancelling his public duties until next week to “reflect” on whether to continue leading the government, just hours after a Spanish court said it had opened a probe against his wife. In the surprise move, Sanchez said on X that he would announce his decision on whether to remain as prime minister next Monday, in an appearance before the news media. Sanchez, a socialist, said on X that the court had opened the probe against his...
Police in Pinal County went to a rural area for a welfare check at a home. They discovered Christina Lopez, 43, dead on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood. The blood and other evidence tied the killing to Lopez's 49-year-old husband
Former Attorney General Bill Barr continued to defend his former boss, former President Donald Trump, from allegations that he gave out orders to kill his political rivals. Barr appeared on CNN’s The Source on Friday to respond to former Trump staffer Alyssa Farrah Griffin’s claim that he was in the room when then-President Trump suggested […]
Rapper, 36, initially detailed accident involving costly vehicle last month. He said that brake pedal broke and safeguards didn't activate. Philadelphia native said Hummer EV broke down four hours after he got it