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Former RAF base ‘unsuitable’ as asylum centre, says Tory MP
We spoke to the MP Kevin Hollinrake, and asked him how he felt about the Home Office ignoring his reservations about the planned location of an asylum seeker processing centre at a former RAF base in his constituency.
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Home Secretary defends new Rwanda asylum seeker policy
Shortly before the prime minister’s Partygate statement – it was the Home Secretary, Priti Patel who took the floor to explain the government’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Rwanda asylum seeker policy does not withstand ‘judgement of God’, says Archbishop
Home Secretary Priti Patel’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda doesn’t withstand ‘the judgement of God’, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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‘Inhumane and heartless’ – Civil Service unions oppose Rwanda asylum plan
Two Civil Service unions have voiced their opposition to the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, one describing it as ‘inhumane’ and ‘heartless’.
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Asylum seekers who arrived in UK this year could be sent to Rwanda, government says
The government says it intends to “quickly” implement its controversial new plan to send people to Rwanda – announcing that anyone who’s arrived in the UK seeking asylum this year, may be handed a one-way ticket.
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Rwanda asylum plans: ‘Desperate and shameful’ attempt to distract from partygate, says Yvette Cooper
We spoke to Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
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Yorkshire village to house asylum seekers in new reception centre
The Home Office have announced an end to using hotels as asylum seeker accommodation, which we have been told cost almost £5 million a day.
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Rwanda asylum plans: ‘We’ve got to deter these crossings’, says Tory MP
We speak to Conservative MP, Tom Hunt, who heads the Home Affairs Policy Committee among backbench Conservative MPs. We began by asking him what he thought of the plans.
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How will the Rwanda asylum plans work?
Our International Editor Lindsey Hilsum knows Rwanda well – and joins us from the newsroom.
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Channel boat asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda
If it was meant to distract attention from a week of political chaos in Downing Street, it worked.
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Thousands of Afghan refugees already stuck in UK asylum system
While the government has pledged to welcome up to 20,000 Afghans who’ve fled the Taliban over the next five years, some 3,000 people from Afghanistan have been stuck in the UK’s asylum system for years.
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Debate: Will a new UK asylum reform bill improve the system?
We spoke to the Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen and Bella Sankey, director of the human rights group Detention Action.
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Critics condemn new UK asylum reform bill as ‘inhumane’
People trying to cross the Channel to reach UK shores could, in theory at least, be turned back by Border Force officials while they’re still out at sea.
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Yvette Cooper slams ‘irresponsible’ Home Office in asylum seeker ruling
We were joined by Labour MP Yvette Cooper, the chair of the Commons Home Affairs Committee.
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Asylum seekers win legal battle over ‘unsafe’ housing against UK government
The Home Office acted “unlawfully” when it housed asylum seekers in “unsafe” conditions at a former barracks, the High Court has ruled.