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 […]
Essay: DRC-Rwanda crisis – what’s needed to prevent a regional war
JASON STEARNS and JOSHUA Z WALKER, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
UK’s Rwanda plan for asylum seekers could cost more £600 million
London, UK Reuters The British Government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda might end up costing more than 600 million pounds to deport 300 refugees, parliament’s spending watchdog said on Friday. Under the policy first announced in 2022, asylum seekers who arrive on England’s southern coast in small, inflatable boats would be sent […]
Eastern Congo residents scramble for food and safety as conflict intensifies
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo’s army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of Goma, affecting over two million residents and displaced individuals. Clashes have escalated since the start of the year in towns and villages […]
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 […]
Weakened UK PM Sunak survives Conservative asylum law rebellion
London, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defeated a Conservative rebellion on Wednesday over his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, winning a costly victory that weakens his authority and deepens divisions in his party. Sunak faced down the rebellion by right-wingers in his Conservative Party by offering token compromises to those who […]
UK’s Sunak sees off revolt to win vote on Rwanda migrant plan
London, UKReuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak avoided defeat in parliament on Tuesday on an emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, seeing off a revolt by dozens of his lawmakers that laid bare his party’s deep divisions. Sunak, who has pinned his reputation on the strategy, in the end […]
UK Home Secretary signs new Rwanda treaty to resurrect asylum plan
Kigali, Rwanda/London, UKReuters Britain signed a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday which it said would overcome a court decision blocking its plan to deport asylum seekers to the East African country, a ruling that dealt a huge blow to the government’s immigration policy. The Rwanda scheme is at the centre of the government’s strategy […]
UK’s Cleverly to sign new asylum treaty with Rwanda
Reuters British Home Secretary James Cleverly will sign a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday over its asylum plan after the UK’s top court declared the deportation scheme unlawful, the British Home Office said on Monday. Cleverly will arrive in Rwanda’s capital Kigali on Tuesday morning and meet with the country’s foreign minister, Vincent Biruta, […]
Essay: UK Supreme Court rules Rwanda plan unlawful – a legal expert explains the judgment, and what happens next
DEVYANI PRABHAT, professor of law at the University of Bristol, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation, at the ramifications of this week’s court decision on the UK Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda…