[ “Stick to the plan” has been the message coming out of the Government since damaging local election results over the weekend. But Rishi Sunak is facing calls from within his own party to change course to save the Tories from a general election drubbing. The Prime Minister does not have many options left to … Read more
[ 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
[ More vulnerable people such as torture, sexual violence and trafficking victims as well as those suffering mental health issues will be detained due to the Rwanda deportation plan, the Government has admitted. The Home Office has updated its guidance on who should be held in immigration detention amid a major operation to round up … 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
[ Children married at as young as 11 or starving to death. Families drinking from streams or eating weeds to survive. This is the grim reality of life in Sudan, according to aid workers on the ground, as the country marks one year since it collapsed into a bloody civil war in April 2023. At … Read more
[ Asylum seekers are being moved out of the Government’s flagship new accommodation site, which was designed to reduce the number of people housed in hotels, and back into hotels. i understands that 70 asylum seekers are being moved out of RAF Wethersfield, which was converted to asylum accommodation last year in order to crack … Read more
[ The Prime Minister and his team spent the last few days urging the Lords to work with the Government – not against it – to get the Rwanda plan over the line, and refrain from voting to amend laws declaring it a safe country for deportations. But, despite scraping together as much support from … Read more
[ Lone children are at risk of being deported to Rwanda unless ministers agree to changes to flagship legislation, two senior peers have said. Lord Dubs and the Bishop of Chelmsford, who are both former child refugees, urged the Government to accept an amendment to the Safety of Rwanda Bill, designed to save the controversial … Read more
[ The majority of Conservative voters want the Government to water down legislation designed to get the Rwanda deportation scheme working, a new poll has found. Ministers will this week seek to reverse a series of changes made to the Safety of Rwanda Bill by the House of Lords, arguing they could make it impossible … Read more
