Britain plans to send migrants to Rwanda under tougher asylum policy
Dungeness, England/Kigali, Rwanda Reuters Britain could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, aiming to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel. Concerns over immigration were a big factor in the 2016 Brexit vote, and Johnson […]
UK raises threat level after Liverpool taxi blast
Liverpool, UKReuters Britain raised its national threat level on Monday to severe, meaning an attack is seen as highly likely, after declaring that a taxi explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool on Sunday was a terrorist incident. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the blast in the northern English city was the second fatal incident in […]
UK PM Johnson visits church where lawmaker was stabbed to death
Leigh-on-Sea, UKReuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday laid flowers at the church where a lawmaker was stabbed to death a day earlier, in what police say was a terrorist attack probably linked to Islamist extremism. The attack on David Amess, from Johnson’s Conservative Party, comes five years after the murder of Jo Cox, […]
UK Home Secretary outlines steps to tackle violence against females
Reuters UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was publishing a new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, which include reviewing options to limit the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment in higher education. A new online tool called StreetSafe will be launched shortly which will enable people to anonymously […]
Essay: UK offshore asylum plan is just another way of imposing forced movement on vulnerable people
In an article first published on The Conversation, LEONIE ANSEMS DE VRIES, senior lecturer in international relations and chair of the Migration Research Group at King’s College London, looks at the UK Government’s proposal to move asylum seekers offshore until their claims are processed…