Search results for ‘Rwanda’
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UK government wins vote on its flagship Rwanda bill
The government has won the vote on its flagship Rwanda bill.
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Keir Starmer says Rwanda plan would cost fortune and is against ‘Labour values’
Labour say they will vote against the Rwanda bill.
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Prime Minister spends day trying to convince Tory MPs to back Rwanda plan
The Prime Minister has spent the day trying to convince Conservative MPs to back his Rwanda plan.
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‘We can just about swallow this’ – One Nation Conservatives will vote in favour of Rwanda bill
The One Nation Group of Conservative MPs have just met about the Rwanda bill. Damian Green, the former Cabinet office minister, was in that meeting and joins us.
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Sunak defends Eat Out to Help Out as Tories fight over Rwanda policy
Opposing factions of Conservative MPs are meeting tonight in separate rooms, deciding if they will back Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Bill when it comes in front of the Commons tomorrow.
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‘I’m the victim of human rights violations in Rwanda,’ says Rwanda opposition figure
The internal fighting in the Conservative party has somewhat overshadowed the debate around Rwanda’s ability to safely welcome asylum seekers – if the UK government ever succeeds in sending them there. We spoke to Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and started by asking whether – from her perspective within Rwanda – the country is safe.
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Rishi Sunak faces Tory rebellion over Rwanda policy
Rishi Sunak is facing a tough week ahead. Tomorrow he will start giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry. Then on Tuesday comes a high stakes parliamentary vote on his emergency Rwanda plan. And with both liberal and right-wing Tories expressing concern about the bill, it threatens to leave his leadership hanging in the balance.
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Top civil servant summoned before MPs to explain government’s Rwanda spending
The top civil servant at the Home Office has been summoned before MPs on Monday – to explain the full costs of the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Rwanda bill doesn’t ‘solve the problem’ says former Solicitor General Lord Garnier
We spoke to former Solicitor General Lord Edward Garnier, who has given informal legal advice on Rwanda to the moderate One Nation wing of the Conservative party.
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Sunak tells party to get behind Rwanda policy as he faces potential revolt
Rishi Sunak is facing a potential revolt from both flanks of his party – over his emergency legislation declaring Rwanda a safe destination to send asylum seekers.
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‘We need to deliver Rwanda policy for the public’, says Conservative MP
We asked the Tory MP Danny Kruger about allegations that the Government was looking incompetent over its Rwanda policy.
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‘No evidence Rwanda policy will stop small boats’, says Labour’s Diana Johnson
We were joined by Labour’s Diana Johnson MP, who’s chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee.
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Delays to Rwanda bill could prove ‘lethal to Conservative party’, says Tory MP
We spoke to the former Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh and started by asking him for his reaction about Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick’s resignation.
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Immigration minister Robert Jenrick resigns after Sunak’s emergency Rwanda bill – reports
In the last few minutes, reports say Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister over the Rwanda migrant bill, as Labour accused the Government of ‘total chaos’.
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‘Our track record in welcoming refugees speaks for itself,’ says Rwandan Government
We spoke to Yolande Makolo, a spokesperson for the Rwandan Government, and began by asking her about the Supreme Court ruling which claimed Rwanda had an inadequate understanding of the asylum procedure.
