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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

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

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, but ...

03 Feb 2022 at 13:25

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 Ms Patel ...

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 asylum ...

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 agree to ...

05 Jul 2022 at 08:22

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 small boats ...

25 Aug 2022 at 17:19

Councils to receive more money to get lone migrant children out of hotels sooner

Councils will receive extra money to incentivise them to move lone migrant children out of hotels and into their care faster, the Government has said. Local authorities that move unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) ...

24 Aug 2022 at 20:35

Johnson attacks lawyers as last-ditch legal hearings take place over Rwanda plan

Boris Johnson suggested lawyers representing migrants were “abetting the work of criminal gangs” as last-ditch court hearings took place ahead of the first flight sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. The Prime Minister ...

14 Jun 2022 at 18:14

‘No final decision’ on plans to house 1,500 asylum seekers in Yorkshire village

The Home Office has made “no final decision” on plans to house up to 1,500 asylum seekers in a disused North Yorkshire RAF base, according to a letter sent to the local council. Around 60 men had been due to move ...

01 Jun 2022 at 14:55

Home Office looking at scientific methods to determine age of asylum seekers

The Home Secretary has called in scientific advisers in a bid to use X-rays and other medical checks on asylum seekers to stop grown men “masquerading as children” on their applications. The number of adult ...

05 Jan 2022 at 15:55

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