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High Court refuses to block first flight to Rwanda

The first flight as part of the Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda can go ahead on Tuesday, a High Court judge has ruled. Several people due to be given a one-way ticket to the east African nation as part of Home Secretary Priti Patel’s ...

11 Jun 2022 at 00:07

Senior Tory MPs rebel on Illegal Migration Bill votes as further concessions urged

Ministers are facing calls to make further concessions to their sweeping asylum reforms, after senior Tory MPs joined a small backbench rebellion amid a parliamentary tussle over the Illegal Migration Bill. Senior Tories used Tuesday’s debate to ...

11 Jul 2023 at 23:08

MPs urged to oppose ‘cruel’ immigration Bill ahead of crucial Commons vote

Campaigners have called on MPs to “stand on the right side of history” ahead of a crucial Commons vote on the Government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Rishi Sunak said he was “throwing absolutely everything” at tackling Channel crossings and ...

11 Jul 2023 at 15:29

Priti Patel asked for details of Rwanda policy ahead of possible legal challenge

Home Secretary Priti Patel has been asked to provide details of controversial plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ahead of a potential legal challenge. A “world-first” agreement with the east African nation, which will see it receive ...

27 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Ministers urged to abandon Rwanda policy and Illegal Migration Act

Ministers have been urged to scrap the Rwanda policy legislation after the Government’s plan was ruled to be unlawful by the UK’s most senior judges. Amnesty International UK said it is time to “not only abandon” the deal with Kigali ...

15 Nov 2023 at 15:52

Cleverly promises investigation after asylum seeker dies on Bibby Stockholm

The death of an asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm barge will be investigated “fully”, Home Secretary James Cleverly has said. Police were called to reports of the “sudden death” of a man living on the giant vessel, which ...

12 Dec 2023 at 20:20

Braverman: No migrants crossing the Channel are in imminent peril

Suella Braverman will use a speech in the US to declare that no migrant crossing the Channel to Britain is in “imminent peril”. The Home Secretary is expected to say that “seeking asylum and seeking better economic prospects are ...

26 Sept 2023 at 09:45

Sunak vows to do ‘whatever it takes’ after Supreme Court rules Rwanda unlawful

Rishi Sunak has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to stop small boat crossings after the Supreme Court ruled his flagship policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful. The Prime Minister insisted on Wednesday that his ...

15 Nov 2023 at 11:59

First Rwanda flight set to go ahead as campaigners lose High Court fight

Campaigners have lost a High Court bid to block the Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda, paving the way for the first flight to go ahead on Tuesday. Migrants due to be given a one-way ticket to the east African ...

10 Jun 2022 at 20:47

Airline pulls out of operating UK’s Rwanda deportation flights

An airline hired to carry migrants from the UK to Rwanda has pulled out of operating any further such flights after pressure from campaigners. The Government used a plane run by Privilege Style when it tried to remove ...

21 Oct 2022 at 15:34

Sunak to sign new Rwanda treaty after Supreme Court rules his plan unlawful

Sunak to sign new Rwanda deal after Supreme Court rules his plan unlawful

Rishi Sunak vowed to sign an upgraded deal with Rwanda after his promise to “stop the boats” was plunged into fresh jeopardy by the Supreme Court ruling his flagship asylum policy is unlawful. The Prime Minister was ...

15 Nov 2023 at 16:27

Ex-soldier: Paying Taliban to take migrants ‘vile perversion of Britishness’

A former Army officer has branded any attempt to pay the Taliban to take people deported from the UK “a vile perversion of what it is to be British”. His comments came after Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage raised ...

05 Sept 2025 at 13:22

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