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Rwanda bill: How many flights to clear backlog of asylum seekers?
Planes are booked to take asylum seekers to Rwanda. But how many flights to Rwanda would it take to actually clear the asylum backlog?
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Rwanda asylum bill returns to Lords after MPs reject amendments again
The standoff between the Commons and the Lords over the Government’s Rwanda Bill is continuing. The Lords have just started another debate on the Bill after MPs rejected amendments they had put in yesterday. Some peers are threatening to defy the Commons again. If they are successful, the row could continue into next week.
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How long could it take to clear the Rwanda asylum seeker backlog?
Official figures show that while we enjoyed a calm sunny Sunday yesterday. More than 500 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats – the busiest day so far this year. So if the flights do eventually take off – how will the government’s Rwanda plan cope with these sorts of numbers?
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Rwanda asylum boost for Sunak as bill expected to become law
After a protracted battle with the House of Lords, the government’s Rwanda legislation is finally expected to become law this week. With flights blocked at least until that happens, the Commons Public Accounts Committee was today taking evidence about the policy and its cost.
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Rwanda: PM urges House of Lords to pass bill to deport asylum seekers
Rishi Sunak has told the House of Lords that they should not frustrate his plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Rwanda bill: Asylum seekers ‘stuck in limbo’ as MPs vote
The rebels on the right of the Conservative Party wanted it toughened up to prevent legal appeals by asylum seekers.
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FactCheck: Sunak asylum backlog claim needs context
Nearly a third of ‘initial asylum decisions’ were withdrawn claims, according to the latest comparable stats.
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Shadow Home Secretary says Labour would ‘fix the Tories chaos in the asylum system’
No one from the government was available to come on the programme. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, spoke to Cathy who asked if she welcomes the big increase in claims being processed.
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Home Secretary defends claim that Sunak’s asylum pledge has been met
The government has been accused of massaging the asylum numbers after claiming it’s cleared the backlog of asylum claims, built up before the end of June 2022.
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FactCheck: Cleverly incorrectly claims Sunak asylum pledge has been met
The ‘legacy’ backlog stands at over 4,500.
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UK signs new asylum treaty with Rwanda
There’s no credible reason to question Rwanda’s record, according to the Home Secretary James Cleverly, who’s been in Kigali signing a new treaty he hopes will get the Government’s asylum seeker policy back on track.
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FactCheck: what was the Rwanda asylum policy and why did the Supreme Court rule it unlawful?
The government wants to pass “emergency legislation”.
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100 hotels which house asylum seekers and refugees to close early next year
Asylum seekers and refugees will be moved out of hotels across the UK in the coming days according to the government, which has pledged to close 50 hotels to asylum seekers by January and another 50 by March next year.
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Bibby Stockholm: First group of asylum seekers brought back on board
The first group of asylum seekers has been brought back on board the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset, two months after the legionella bacteria was found in its water supply.
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Asylum seekers becoming homeless after Home Office support withdrawn
New refugees have effectively seven days notice to leave Home Office hotels.
