Rwanda

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?

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.

The House of Lords looks set to make significant changes to the Government’s flagship Rwanda Bill, in defiance of Rishi Sunak’s demand that they should pass it unamended.  

Rishi Sunak has told the House of Lords that they should not frustrate his plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. 

The Equality and Human rights watchdog has warned that the Government’s plans to stop people crossing the channel in small boats may breach the UK’s legal obligations. The EHRC said the Illegal Migration Bill

The Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful because the country isn’t safe, the Court of Appeal has been told. 

The prime minister isn’t only having to decide on Dominic Raab’s future.

In Kigali, Prince Charles and Boris Johnson met this week for a cup of tea and a catch up. It was their first meeting since reports claimed that the Prince had privately described plans to deport asylum seekers to the country as “appalling”. 

Why LGBTQ+ asylum seekers are concerned about the government’s Rwanda policy

Downing Street insists the flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will go ahead as planned tomorrow, after the Court of Appeal rejected a legal challenge.

The Home Office has admitted that LGBTQ refugees who are sent to Rwanda could face ill treatment – but said government plans to relocate people to the east African country would continue.

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.

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’.

Nato and US troops are being positioned across eastern Europe, as western allies show they are united in their stance on Ukraine. 

Paul Rusesabagina’s daughter Carine Kanimba has been campaigning for her father’s release, and we asked her first what she feared would happen to him now.