A group of Conservative MPs, led by former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, will try to force changes to the government’s flagship Rwanda Bill. The bill seeks to revive the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to the east African country. The group, believed to number about 40 MPs, say the changes will “strengthen” the […]
Rishi Sunak faces a showdown with MPs over his Rwanda Bill when it returns to the UK House of Commons next week. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt on Tuesday announced the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill’s committee stage will take place on January 16th and 17th. The UK prime minister is under pressure from […]
Labour will table a vote in the British Parliament on Tuesday calling for the release of documents relating to the UK government’s Rwanda migrants deportation policy. The vote, which will be part of a Humble Address on the Opposition Day debate in the Commons, will ask for any documents that show the cost of relocating […]
Rishi Sunak has not denied that he discussed scrapping the Rwanda scheme during his Tory leadership campaign in the summer of 2022. The UK prime minister stressed the importance of the Rwanda migrants deportation policy, following reports he had doubts about it as chancellor and during the party leadership race. Mr Sunak has made the […]
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak was unsure the UK government’s scheme to send migrants to Rwanda would stop channel crossings when he was chancellor, according to documents. The BBC said it had seen No 10 papers from March 2022, a month before the plan was announced by then UK prime minister Boris Johnson, which showed […]
Rishi Sunak had significant doubts about sending migrants to Rwanda when he was chancellor, papers seen by the BBC suggest. They suggest he wanted to scale back No 10’s original plans. They also indicate Mr Sunak was not sure they would stop Channel crossings. They also suggest he was reluctant to fund reception centres to […]
Ukraine has opened a diplomatic mission in Accra, the capital of Ghana, and plans to open embassies in Rwanda, Mozambique, and Botswana, the Foreign Ministry announced on Dec. 27. One of Ukraine’s foreign policy priorities for the upcoming year is continuing to develop ties with African countries, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 22, as […]
An MP who was suspended from Parliament for six weeks returned to the House of Commons to vote in favour of the government’s Rwanda bill. Wellingborough MP Peter Bone was barred after a report was released into bullying and sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied. The Northamptonshire MP, who currently sits as an independent, was […]
UNITED NATIONS — Tensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi, the top U.N. official in Congo warned the Security Council on Monday. Special representative Bintou Keita’s warning came shortly before the ambassadors from Congo and Rwanda traded accusations in the council, and nine […]