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Government’s Rwanda plan may breach Geneva conventions on refugees, says peer

The Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda for processing may breach the Geneva conventions, a peer has suggested. Former child refugee and Labour peer Alf Dubs said ministers would face opposition in the Lords over the plan unveiled by Home ...

16 Apr 2022 at 10:55

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 “blueprint” after it ...

16 Apr 2022 at 01:55

Yemeni couple enjoying new lease of life in Rwanda

A Yemeni couple who left their home country amid civil war have told how they have been given a new lease of life in Rwanda. Planning consultant Burhan Almerdas, 37, left the war-torn nation in 2014 along with his dentist wife Sanaa, 39, in ...

14 Apr 2022 at 18:55

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 Kigali, is currently being used as ...

14 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Johnson says it would be ‘crazy’ to resign if Tories lose by-elections

Boris Johnson has suggested it would be “crazy” for him to resign if the Conservatives are dealt a double blow by losing two key by-elections this week. The Prime Minister played down the Tories’ chances as they seek to defend the seats ...

23 Jun 2022 at 13:00

Charles to meet survivors and perpetrators of Rwanda genocide before CHOGM

The Prince of Wales will spend his first full day in Rwanda meeting survivors and perpetrators of the country’s 1994 genocide, prior to attending a summit of Commonwealth leaders. Charles has been encouraged by former Rwandan ...

22 Jun 2022 at 07:28

Camilla to give speech at Violence Against Women and Girls event in Rwanda

The Duchess of Cornwall will give a keynote speech at a Violence Against Women and Girls event being staged in Rwanda ahead of the summit of Commonwealth leaders. Convened by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness ...

23 Jun 2022 at 03:45

Home Office begins 12-month trial electronically tagging Channel migrants

Some people arriving in the UK via small boats or the back of lorries will be electronically tagged as part of a Home Office trial programme. The department said the 12-month pilot, which began on Wednesday, will test ...

18 Jun 2022 at 19:50

Johnson ‘went in quite hard’ in confrontation with King over Rwanda policy

Boris Johnson confronted the King, “essentially squaring up” to him for branding the Rwanda asylum policy “appalling”, it has been alleged. Guto Harri, who served as No 10’s director of communications under the ...

08 May 2023 at 22:57

Home Secretary making plans to deport migrants to Rwanda by summer

The Home Secretary is making plans to deport migrants to Rwanda by the summer. A Home Office source said “we are certainly working towards getting the flights off before the summer”, adding that Suella ...

19 Mar 2023 at 10:01

Gross misperception about Rwanda in the UK, Home Secretary says

The Home Secretary has said there is a “gross misperception about Rwanda in the UK” after being asked if the migration deal affected the Government’s ability to criticise the country on other issues. ...

18 Mar 2023 at 22:30

We want to ‘get cracking’ with sending migrants to Rwanda, says Cabinet minister

The UK Government has said it wants to “get cracking” on sending migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, with plans being made for summer deportations. Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden cited ...

19 Mar 2023 at 14:50

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