Tag: rwanda
Keir Starmer ends Rwanda migrant plan
LONDON: Newly elected UK PM Keir Starmer on Saturday began his first full day in charge declaring himself “restless for change” and pledging that growth…
No deportation flights to Rwanda before July 4 snap elections: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that no deportation flights to Rwanda will take place before the July 4 snap election, reported Al Jazeera….
Northern Ireland court blocks UK law to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda
BELFAST: A High Court judge in Belfast on Monday ruled that a UK law allowing asylum-seekers to be deported to Rwanda should be disapplied in…
First asylum seeker deported to Rwanda as part of UK PM Rishi Sunak’s migrant crackdown
Under the new migrant crackdown policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the UK has deported its first asylum seeker to Rwanda. The unnamed migrant was…
Britain’s King Charles grants approval to legislation allowing asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda
NEW DELHI: Britain‘s King Charles has granted his approval to the legislation that is crucial for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s strategy to send asylum seekers…
5 migrants die crossing English Channel hours after UK approves bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
FRANCE: Five people, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France on Tuesday, hours after Britain passed a bill…
What is UK’s Rwanda migrant deportation plan?
NEW DELHI: The UK is set to begin detaining migrants for deportation to Rwanda within days, following the approval of the controversial Rwanda migrant plan…
Human rights groups condemn UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda after Parliament backs new law
Britain’s decision to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda faced backlash from global humanitarian groups. The UN refugee agency and the Council of Europe urged the UK…
UK mulls plan to pay migrants to move to Rwanda voluntarily
LONDON: The UK government said Wednesday it was considering a scheme to send rejected asylum seekers to Rwanda voluntarily and will reportedly pay them up…
Sunak survives party rebellion on Rwanda policy
LONDON: PM Rishi Sunak of Britain dodged a potentially dire threat to his leadership Wednesday, preserving for now his beleaguered government’s immigration plan to put…