The Government is gambling that the first flights to East Africa will have a stark impact on Channel arrivals, and demonstrate to voters that the problem is finally in hand.
Flights have been pushed back to summer after the House of Lords spoke out for Afghans and refugees – here’s what to expect over the coming weeksRishi Sunak’s plan to fly people seeking asylum to Rwanda this spring appears to have been put back to the summer after House of Lords insisted on changes to the scheme.On Thursday the prime minister’s spokesperson said the Lords were responsible for any delay after attaching unwanted amendments to the deportation bill. Continue reading
MPs once again rejected all the changes made by peers to the Safety of Rwanda Bill last night, with the…What to read next: Sunak set for final game of Rwanda ping pong | Starmer: Israel should show ‘strength and courage’ to de-escalate | Rayner promises to quit if convicted | Worklessness hits eight-year high
Parliamentary stand-off ends, opening the way for asylum seekers to be sent
Hope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain's unwanted migrants
United Nations experts said airlines could be held responsible if human rights and international orders are violated.
Tories get in not-so subtle dig at mayor Sadiq Khan by stating the Rwandan capital is now "arguably safer than London".
The shadow home secretary said the government should use the money to "boost border security".
The PM says there is a "loud minority" who will try to stop government plans to send migrants to Rwanda.
Lords also press ministers to allow independent Rwanda monitoring as deportation bill returns to CommonsUK politics – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s government is considering concessions on the Rwanda deportation bill to allow exemptions for Afghans who served alongside UK forces, parliamentary sources say.Ministers are also being pressed to give ground to an amendment to the legislation so that the east African country could be ruled unsafe by a monitoring committee. Continue reading
The UK is reported to have held talks with other countries to replicate the scheme if it is successful.
A new law in Britain aims to send people arriving on small boats to Rwanda to have their asylum claims processed. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the plan made clear that people who arrived in Britain illegally would not be able to stay. The United Nations says the bill is the wrong solution and sets a dangerous precedent. Also in the programme: What Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline think about the supply of new American weapons; and Aboriginal people reclaim spears taken from Australia...