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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Townsend Home affairs editor

Row brews between Home Office and Foreign Office on eve of UN refugee summit

Foreign secretary David Cameron, prime minister Rishi Sunak and home secretary James Cleverly arrive to attend a ceremonial welcome for the South Korean president in central London on 21 November.
Foreign secretary David Cameron, prime minister Rishi Sunak and home secretary James Cleverly arrive to attend a ceremonial welcome for the South Korean president in central London on 21 November. Photograph: Chris Jackson/AFP/Getty Images

Tensions between the Home Office and Foreign Office are said to be “strained” before the largest international gathering in years on the refugee crisis, with the UK’s contribution overshadowed by the row over Rwanda.

Headed by development minister Andrew Mitchell, the UK delegation at this week’s UN Global Refugee Forum will unveil what it describes as an “ambitious package” that includes delivering schooling to hundreds of thousands of refugee children.

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