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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 “blueprint” after it ...

16 Apr 2022 at 01:55

Scotland

SNP: Rwanda plan is ‘dodgy deal with government guilty of human rights abuses’

The SNP has accused the UK Government of “absconding on its responsibility to help those fleeing conflict” with its decision to send refugees for processing to Rwanda. The party’s foreign affairs spokesperson said Westminster has entered into a ...

24 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Deal with Rwanda not comparable with Australia’s offshore policy, says Patel

The migration partnership between Rwanda and the UK is not “comparable” with the type of arrangement Australia has with Nauru and Papua New Guinea, the Home Secretary has said. Speaking during a press conference in Kigali, Rwanda, Priti Patel ...

14 Apr 2022 at 15:55

What are the PM’s plans to fly migrants seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda?

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have set out widely criticised plans to fly migrants who cross the Channel in small boats more than 4,000 miles to Rwanda. The eye-catching scheme announced on Thursday comes after the Home Secretary has come ...

14 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Archbishop says Church of England not a ‘passive observer’ of migration policy

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has again criticised the Government’s new migration policy and warned that the Church of England “is not a passive observer of migration policy”. Earlier this month, the Government announced the ...

27 Apr 2022 at 02:55

Government spending £4.7m a day housing asylum seekers in hotels

The Government is spending £4.7 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels – almost four times the figure it previously told MPs, the Home Office has said. On Wednesday the Home Affairs Committee heard the total was £1.2 million, ...

03 Feb 2022 at 13:25

UK’s Rwanda scheme ‘wrong’ and may put pressure on Ireland – Martin

Irish premier Micheal Martin has said the UK Government’s Rwanda scheme may have resulted in an increase in international protection applicants in the Republic. The Taoiseach made the comments after it emerged on Wednesday night ...

14 Jul 2022 at 17:24

Home Secretary cancels appearance in front of MPs over ‘changes in Government’

Home Secretary cancels appearance in front of MPs over ‘recent changes in Government’

Home Secretary Priti Patel has pulled out of being questioned by MPs over the plan to send migrants to Rwanda, public confidence in policing and other Home Office policies. The Commons Home Affairs Committee was due to question ...

13 Jul 2022 at 12:30

Rwanda policy ‘could change UK position on human rights record’, High Court told

The Foreign Office told then-foreign secretary Dominic Raab that the UK would have to prepare to “constrain” its position on Rwanda’s human rights record if the country was selected in the Government’s policy to deport some ...

19 Jul 2022 at 19:43

Home Secretary ‘to create league table of nations’ for deportation deals

Priti Patel will reportedly create a so-called “league table” of nations based on their level of co-operation in accepting criminals and failed asylum seekers from the UK. The table will be used to pressure countries to ...

05 Jul 2022 at 08:22

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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 ...

20 Aug 2022 at 18:33

Growing number of Afghans risking lives on small boats to reach UK

A growing number of people fleeing Afghanistan are risking their lives to reach the UK on small boats – and are at risk of being sent to Rwanda after arriving. The number of Afghans crossing the English Channel on ...

25 Aug 2022 at 17:19

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