The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in the UK, Tánaiste Micheál Martin told a British newspaper on Friday. UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship programme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda if they arrive in the UK illegally was approved by the UK parliament earlier […]
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill has become law after weeks of UK parliamentary deadlock, paving the way for deportation flights to get off the ground. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill became an Act of Parliament after being granted royal assent, the Lord Speaker told the House of Lords on Thursday. It comes as […]
Heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on Britain to reconsider its new law facilitating the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The bill passed on Monday significantly restricts the possibility of resisting deportation – even if migrants are exposed to risks in the process, UNHCR head Filippo Grandi […]
By Yves Herman and Hannah Ellison WIMEREUX, France/DOVER, England (Reuters) -Five migrants, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat on Tuesday, hours after Britain passed a bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in a move to deter the dangerous journeys. […]
London — The British parliament passed a law late Monday that will mean asylum seekers arriving on British shores without prior permission can be sent to Rwanda and forbidden from ever returning to the U.K. The British government says the law will act as deterrent to anyone trying to enter the U.K. “illegally.” The contentious […]
The British prime minister has said “nothing will stand in our way” of getting flights off the ground after the UK government’s Rwanda deportation plan passed through Parliament. The House of Lords had been engaged in an extended tussle over the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill on Monday, sending it back to the […]
Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill is set to become law after five months of Westminster wrangling. It designates Rwanda a safe country and is a key part of the government’s plans to send some asylum seekers there. The bill has been fiercely criticised by opposition parties but after several debates the Lords dropped their objections […]
Hope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain’s unwanted migrants for 664 days. Now, as the UK government pushes to get the legislation approved, the Rwandan government wants to fill these echoing rooms and halls within a matter of weeks. Rwanda has largely stood back and watched the legal wrangling in Britain over […]
(Bloomberg) — As Rishi Sunak’s flagship migration policy enters its endgame next week, some Conservatives fret the prime minister has left himself exposed by the issue on which he has staked his premiership. Most Read from Bloomberg The UK leader on Friday vowed to keep Parliament sitting on Monday night until it passes legislation declaring […]
Peers have maintained the British parliamentary deadlock over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan in pressing their demands for changes to the controversial scheme. The UK House of Lords snubbed ministerial calls to back down and again insisted on revisions to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. The fresh government defeats mean a continuation […]
The government’s showdown with the House of Lords over its Rwanda deportation bill continues. Peers have voted to demand changes to the bill, including an amendment which would ban sending people who have assisted the UK military to Rwanda. Earlier, MPs overturned the latest series of changes to the legislation which were made by the […]
(Bloomberg) — Members of Parliament rejected changes made by the House of Lords to Rishi Sunak’s controversial legislation to declare Rwanda a safe destination for deported asylum seekers, punting the bill back to the UK’s upper chamber. Most Read from Bloomberg The legislation is central to Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats,” as he faces […]