[ The UK has moved a failed asylum seeker to Rwanda for the first time, according to reports. The man has been relocated to the country after taking part in a voluntary removal scheme, that is separate to the government’s controversial Rwanda deportation policy, The Times reports. It is claimed the man agreed to be … Read more
[ The Home Office is set to launch a two-week operation to detain asylum seekers across Britain tomorrow, as part preparations for their deportation to Rwanda, according to reports. Refugees who turn up for routine meetings at immigration service offices or bail appointments will be detained by officials, The Guardian reports. Officials will also pick … Read more
[ A child was among five people who died while trying to cross the Channel in a small boat, just hours after the government’s Rwanda bill passed, according to French authorities. The French Coastguard confirmed that three men, a woman and a child died during the incident in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according … Read more
[ A refugee who came to the UK at 16 and was wrongly classed as a 26-year-old adult has criticised the Home Office’s “sinister” and “inaccurate” use of X-rays to determine the ages of migrants arriving in the UK. A new law came into force on Wednesday which allows the Home Office to use “scientific … Read more
[ Despite one febrile week in December when it looked like Conservative right-wingers could once again bring down a Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak looks like he will be able to pass his controversial Rwanda laws without too much hassle next week. Right-wing Tory rebels, who want much tougher measures to save the Rwanda deportation deal, … Read more
[ Downing Street remains confident of reaching a compromise with Conservative MPs threatening to rebel over laws to save Rishi Sunak’s beleaguered Rwanda deportation deal. i understands that No 10 believes the Prime Minister can plot a way through the apparently competing demands of right-wing MPs who want the Safety of Rwanda Bill to be … Read more
[ Conservative immigration hardliners will continue to push Rishi Sunak to cut illegal immigration despite the Government’s reduction of the asylum backlog. The Prime Minister claimed he had succeeded in eliminating the backlog of decisions that he inherited when he took office – although several thousand asylum seekers who were in the UK by October … Read more
[ The UK’s new deportation treaty with Rwanda is unlikely to be operational by spring, when Rishi Sunak wants the first deportation flight to take off, a senior barrister has said. Lord Anderson, Britain’s former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said the idea that the two countries can set up provisions in the deal to … Read more
[ A man has died while trying to reach the UK in a small boat, in the second Channel disaster in 24 hours. The man, who was in his twenties and a Sudanese national, went into cardiac arrest, aid workers on the ground told i. The death occured after French riot police were involved in … Read more
