The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

The Guardian view on Britain’s Rwanda deal: a cruel, cynical pretence

Editorial: Sending asylum seekers on a one-way journey does nothing to address the global refugee crisis

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

Johnson the Criminal lays down the law for asylum seekers

Prime minister proffers surreal reasons for sending people fleeing war to human rights paradise of Rwanda

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

Grieving families will never forgive or forget Boris Johnson’s rule-breaking

Letters: John Robinson shares his sadness, and fury, at not being allowed to visit his wife in hospital while she was dying of Covid. Plus letters from Laura Matthews, Dom Flint, Michael Rosen and Margaret Squires

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

Boris Johnson takes pre-emptive shot at lawyers over Rwanda scheme

Analysis: plan to send unauthorised migrants overseas is likely to be very difficult to defend in courts

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

Former Tory MP quits Westminster after being found guilty of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy

Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, was this week convicted of attacking a 15-year-old boy at a house in Staffordshire in 2008.

Daily Record · Apr 14, 2022

By-election set to be triggered as MP Imran Ahmad Khan resigns after conviction

The former Conservative MP had been resisting calls to quit before backing down on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

The Leader podcast: Rwanda migration plans “Human rights calamity”

The UK government’s plans to send refugees to Rwanda have been described as a ‘human rights calamity’ by Amnesty International.

Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2022

PM braced for legal bids over forced removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda

Migrants, including asylum seekers who enter through unauthorised methods, will be flown 4,000 miles to East Africa under Government plans.

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Boris Johnson asked for Evgeny Lebedev to skip City Hall security in 2015

Exclusive: Johnson made special request for Independent owner and a Russian dignitary to bypass ‘airport-style’ checks

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

Talking Point: What do you think of the plan to process asylum seekers in Rwanda?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the government’s plans to send “tens of thousands” of asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing at a speech in Kent, which has received widespread criticism from human rights groups and opposition political parties. Mr Johnson acknowledged such concerns in his address, and accepted that the…

Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2022