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Fears Israel is influencing location of dock away from the north, where famine threat is most severe

Israel has been under intense international pressure to improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

Government has already chartered planes for deportations to start as early as July, but legal headaches far from over.

Union threatens ministers with legal action amid fears staff could be obliged to breach civil service code and international law

Finally, the Rwanda Bill has got through Parliament. After interminable back and forth between Commons and Lords, and the expenditure of endless political energy and goodwill, the Prime Minister has got his way. Failed asylum seekers may now be sent to Rwanda, legal challenges allowing. But was it really worth…

The claim comes after Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell said ‘Kigali is arguably safer than London’

Britain's parliament on Monday passed a bill under which asylum seekers would be deported to Rwanda to await a decision on their applications, in a bid by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stop people making the dangerous sea crossing to the UK across the Channel.

Amid high unemployment and a housing crisis, many in Rwanda are apprehensive about the $272m migrant deal with the UK.

Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health, accused Israel of treating human rights as an "a la carte menu".