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...
The British parliament on Monday night passed a law allowing it to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda, a country where Denmark has harboured ambitions of opening its own asylum centre.
Shafaqna English-The UN Human Rights office on Wednesday called on governments to enhance “safe and regular” pathways for asylum seekers, according to Anadolu Agency. “We are deeply concerned that various other countries are considering ways of externalising their asylum and other human rights obligations and we have repeatedly stated that
Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east AfricaHow the UK government’s Rwanda deportation plan was fought in courtRishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill will become law after peers eventually backed down on amending it, opening the way for legal battles over the potential removal of dozens of people seeking asylum.After a marathon battle of “ping pong” over the key legislation between the Commons and the Lords, the bill finally passed...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A controversial law is dividing public opinion in Britain today. Asylum seekers in the United Kingdom will start being shipped off to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks. It comes after the country’s House of Parliament finally passed the required legislation. Tens of thousands of migrants – many fleeing wars and poverty in Africa, the […]
Deportation flights are expected to begin in July as the U.K. approves a bill to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda.
The UK government has passed new legislation to let it send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.
Taoiseach asks justice minister to bring forward legislation so asylum seekers can be returned to the UK.
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...
The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is aimed at deterring migrants from arriving without permission.
By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African nation. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts had been stuck between opposition in the Houses of Parliament and challenges in the British courts, as lawmakers and activists have