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UK minister appears to mix up Rwanda and Congo on Question Time
Chris Philp gets confused over neighbouring countries when discussing government’s Rwanda deportation policyUK politics – latest...
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UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM
Micheál Martin says UK asylum seekers fearful of being removed to Rwanda are seeking sanctuary in...
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UK policy denying visas to children of care workers faces legal challenge
Exclusive: Action by organisation supporting migrants argues new rules are discriminatoryAn organisation that supports migrant workers...
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Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly
Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by...
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‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths
Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drownThey...
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Rwanda bill puts global refugee rights in danger, says UN and Council of Europe – UK politics latest
International concern over new law increases as UN high commissioner for refugees says it marks ‘step...
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Five asylum seekers killed in attempt to cross Channel to UK
French coastguard says small boat was carrying more than 100 people during failed crossing attemptFive people...
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Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill
Commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stagesThe Council of Europe’s human...
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Tuesday briefing: Rishi Sunak finally passes his Rwanda bill – now to find out if it works
In today’s newsletter: After months of wrangling, Parliament passed the government’s controversial plan to tackle small...
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UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east AfricaHow...
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‘No more delay’ over Rwanda bill, says Sunak ahead of press conference – UK politics live
PM to publicly warn peers to back down but treatment of Afghans remains a concern for...
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Refugee who left UK for holiday in 2008 stranded in east Africa for 16 years
Saleh Ahmed Handule Ali, now 33, had indefinite leave to remain in UK, but Home Office...
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Wet weather but a warm welcome at Glasgow’s Refuweegee – a photo-essay
Katherine Anne Rose spent months documenting the Scottish charity, which welcomes and supports forcibly displaced people...
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Sunak considering exemptions to Rwanda bill for some Afghans
Lords also press ministers to allow independent Rwanda monitoring as deportation bill returns to CommonsUK politics...
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Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban
Families of those who helped British forces could be deported from Pakistan despite promise to resettle...
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Sunak welcomes Kagame to No 10 as Rwanda scheme hits fresh snags
Meeting to discuss PM’s key policy overshadowed by reports of lack of housing for deportees or...
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Elite cyclist to lead London race while living in asylum hotel
Trhas Tesfay, who fled war in Ethiopia, says she suffers hunger headaches as she cannot eat...
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Speed up Windrush compensation payments, say victims and campaigners
Five years after scheme’s launch, one victim’s daughter describes how father died before receiving payoutCompensation payments...
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Call for refugees in UK to have twice as long to find homes after hotel evictions
Exclusive: Charities say Home Office should allow 56 days after near 1,000% rise in rough sleeping...
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Seven-year-old girl dies after makeshift boat heading to UK capsizes in France
Boat carrying 10 other children between seven and 13 years old, along with girl’s pregnant mother,...
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Rwanda plan to cost UK £1.8m for each asylum seeker, figures show
Disclosure, calculated on basis of 300 deportations, called ‘staggering’ by chair of home affairs committeeRishi Sunak’s...
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Warnings of economic damage to UK as international student numbers fall by a third
University leaders accuse ministers of wanting to ‘diminish our success’ as figures show a plunge in...
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Sacked UK borders watchdog says home secretary must shake up his department or risk security breaches
David Neal, who was fired for allegedly disclosing immigration failings at City Airport to the media,...
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One person dead and two missing in Channel boat incident
Officials say 179 people trying to cross Channel were rescued after four French-led operationsOne person has...