UK plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda suffers first parliamentary defeats
London, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered his first defeats over his legislation to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the upper house of parliament demanded greater protections to be introduced before deportation flights can take off. Under the Rwanda plan, which has yet to be carried out, asylum seekers who arrive on […]
Church of England leader says a plan to send migrants to Rwanda undermines the UK’s global standing
London, UK AP The leader of the Church of England said Monday that Britain will undermine its standing in the world if it enacts a government plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said UK politicians were seeking to “outsource our moral and legal responsibility for asylum […]
Essay: How the UK’s new immigration law will put more people at risk of modern slavery
ALEX BALCH, of the University of Liverpool, says – in an article first published on The Conversation – that under the new bill, those who arrive in the UK irregularly will not be able to access protections under the Modern Slavery Act…