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Refugees having to sleep on chairs with no blankets, campaigners claim

Refugees have been forced to sleep on chairs with no blankets at the Citywest transit hub, it has been claimed. Concerns have been raised by campaigners about asylum seekers being subjected to conditions that fail to provide a suitable standard of ...

19 Aug 2022 at 17:52

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Refugees having to sleep on chairs with no blankets, campaigners claim

20 Aug 2022 at 18:33

Migrant crossings resume as report warns asylum seekers at risk of exploitation

Small boat crossings in the English Channel resumed on Thursday following a quiet two days. No crossings were recorded on Tuesday or Wednesday, according to figures from the Ministry of Defence. A total of 696 people made the dangerous journey ...

04 Aug 2022 at 13:29

World

Girl, 12, held captive with dismembered remains of mother and brother

A man has been arrested after a 12-year-old girl was held captive for a week in a mobile home with the dismembered remains of her mother and brother. Authorities in the US state of Alabama said the girl provided key information that led to ...

05 Aug 2022 at 04:55

Derry News

Foyle MLA Ferguson slams Home Office for removing Derry asylum seekers

Sinn Féin Foyle MLA, Ciara Ferguson, has slammed the British Home Office over the treatment of asylum seekers in Derry. Ms Ferguson's comments came after 17 individuals were told they were being moved to new accommodation in Scotland on a ...

24 May 2022 at 11:33

Johnson accused of ‘disgraceful’ attack on Welby over Rwanda policy criticism

Boris Johnson’s attack on the Archbishop of Canterbury over his criticism of the Rwanda asylum policy is a “disgraceful slur”, a senior Church of England official has said. The Prime Minister accused Justin Welby of having “misconstrued” ...

20 Apr 2022 at 09:55

Tory MPs raise concerns over Rwanda asylum seeker plan as flagship Bill debated

Senior Conservative MPs have questioned the logic behind Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, as controversial immigration reforms edged closer to becoming law. The Nationality and Borders Bill would allow the UK to send ...

20 Apr 2022 at 19:55

Patel says Rwanda plan a blueprint to follow despite reports of Home Office row

Priti Patel believes other countries will follow the UK’s Rwanda asylum proposals, amid reports of a civil service backlash over the plan. The Home Secretary said Denmark could be among those to reproduce the UK Government’s ...

16 Apr 2022 at 01:55

Boris Johnson wants first ‘illegal’ migrants flown to Rwanda in six weeks

The Prime Minister wants to see the first migrants handed a ‘one-way ticket’ to Rwanda flown out in roughly six weeks as the Government battles to curb Channel crossings. Boris Johnson is reportedly keen for the first ...

15 Apr 2022 at 01:55

PM braced for legal bids over forced removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda

Ministers were braced for legal challenges over widely criticised plans to forcibly send to Rwanda up to tens of thousands of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK in unauthorised Channel crossings. Boris Johnson ...

14 Apr 2022 at 18:25

Boris Johnson puts Navy in charge of Channel as he defends Rwanda migration plan

Boris Johnson has put the Navy in command of the English Channel, as he defended plans to send some asylum seekers who make the crossing in small boats to Rwanda. The Prime Minister conceded on Thursday that ...

14 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Asylum seekers to be taken to hostel in Rwandan capital

Plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda from the UK are anticipated to initially see people taken to a hostel in the capital city for processing. Hope House, a hostel in Nyabugogo, the Gasabo district of ...

14 Apr 2022 at 13:55

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