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…
UK’s Sunak vows emergency law after top court rules Rwanda migrant scheme unlawful
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would pass an emergency law and warned Britain could quit the European human rights’ convention after the UK’s top judges dealt him a major blow by ruling his scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. After the UK Supreme Court said his flagship immigration policy […]
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Essay: Genocide fears in Darfur are attracting little attention – have nations abandoned their responsibility to protect civilians?
In an article first published on The Conversation, MIKE BRAND, adjunct professor of genocide studies and human rights at the University of Connecticut, asks whether, with genocide and crimes against humanity garnering little international attention, the international community has completely turned its back its commitment to protect civilians…
UK moves some asylum seekers to a barge on southern coast
Portland, England, UKReuters Britain began moving some migrants on to a large residential barge on its southern coast on Monday, as part of plans to save money and remove what the government called the “pull” of hotels for those arriving in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made cracking down on illegal migration a […]
UK PM Sunak dealt blow as court rules Rwanda deportation plan unlawful
London, UKReuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government would appeal to the UK’s top court after its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful, a major blow to his pledge to stop asylum seekers arriving in small boats. Under an £140 million deal struck last year, Britain planned to send […]
UK’s Sunak says plan stopping small migrant boats is working
London, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday his plan to stop migrants arriving in small boats had reduced crossings by 20 per cent, an update he hopes will ease criticism from his party and in the country over immigration policy. Sunak, who is expected to lead his governing Conservative Party into a […]
UN rights chief tells Britain of concerns over migration bill
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday he has formally conveyed his concerns over a new British migration law to the government, saying he was worried it would bar people from seeking asylum. Stopping small boat arrivals across the Channel from France is a priority for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak […]
Rwanda suspect denies killings but ‘sorry’ over genocide
Cape Town, South AfricaReuters One of the Rwanda genocide’s most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, denied on Friday any involvement though said he was “sorry” for the 1994 killings. On the run for two decades, Fulgence Kayishema was arrested on Wednesday under a false name […]
Rwanda floods kill 130, destroy over 5,000 houses
Kigali, Rwanda Reuters Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains that have killed 130 people in Rwanda this week have also destroyed more than 5,000 homes, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. The rains that started on Tuesday evening caused floods and landslides in the country’s Western and Northern provinces. The death toll stood at […]