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Humanity must be at the core of Britain’s asylum policy

Letters: Prof Guy S Goodwin-Gill, Mike Lowenstein, Peter Brayne and Charlie Owen on alternatives to the Rwanda scheme and why we need to move to a culture of helping, not hindering, vulnerable human beings

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian visa delays are a ‘national embarrassment’, says British host

David Turner, from Surrey, said only one visa for the four refugees he is sponsoring has been approved in almost five weeks.

The Independent UK

Home Office staff urge colleagues to 'organise and resist' against Rwanda policy on forum

Junior civil servants asked senior colleagues for advice in the forum, discussing how they could 'cope' with their conscience 'with this sort of policy'

Daily Mirror

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Home Office staff tell bosses they feel ‘nothing but deepest shame’ over ‘ungodly’ Rwanda plan

Exclusive: Avalanche of questions and comments directed at permant secretary from employees raising alarm over ‘immoral’ policy

The Independent UK

Terrified mum trapped with five-year-old in Ukraine - weeks after Whitley Bay family offered them a home

The Government has defended its Homes for Ukraine scheme over criticisms about delays, saying changes have been made to 'streamline' the system

Chronicle Live

Home Office staff threaten mutiny over Priti Patel’s ‘shameful’ Rwanda deal

Civil servants express ‘deep shame’ and suggest they should ‘resist’ plans to ship refugees to Africa

The Independent UK

Woman 'humiliated' at Manchester Airport after being asked to prove she lives in Ormskirk

Laurence Sauvage-Lumb, who has lived in the UK for 15 years, says she was made to feel like a criminal

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‘We’ve been forgotten’: Thousands of Afghans accepted for relocation to UK still stranded eight months on

Exclusive: Warnings resources for ARAP cases ‘significantly depleted’ as staff diverted to Ukraine crisis

The Independent UK

Tory MPs reject bid to give parliament say over asylum offshoring amid backlash to Rwanda deal

Labour calls plan ‘extortionate, unworkable and profoundly un-British’

The Independent UK

Home Office staff threaten mutiny over ‘shameful’ Rwanda asylum deal

On an intranet noticeboard civil servants drew a comparison with serving under Adolf Hitler, and asked if they had a duty to ‘resist’

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs raise concerns over Rwanda asylum seeker plan as flagship Bill debated

The Nationality and Borders Bill would allow the Government to send asylum seekers and migrants to the African country.

The Independent UK

Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK

Police watchdog: ethnic minorities need protection from unfair stop and search

IOPC condemns stops based on ‘stereotypes and racial bias’ and cites case of teenager reportedly stopped 60 times

The Guardian - UK

Police watchdog calls for law change to address ‘traumatic’ impact of stop and search on ethnic minorities

IOPC report includes case of black boy searched more than 60 times between ages of 14 and 16, sometimes multiple times in same day

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

British families ready to host Ukrainian refugees call for inquiry into visa shambles

Lauren Corbishley, 43, of Dawlish, Devon, started a petition after fighting for four weeks to get a traumatised family safely to the UK. Hundreds of refugees are still waiting for their visas

The Independent UK

Theresa May leads barrage of criticism for Rwanda asylum deal

Tory former PM questions ‘legality, practicality and efficacy’ of asylum deal

The Guardian - UK

Theresa May questions ‘legality and practicality’ of Rwanda asylum plan

Former prime minister and ‘hostile environment’ architect warns scheme could lead to increased trafficking of women and children

The Independent UK

English Channel crossings: The proposed solutions Priti Patel was offered before striking Rwanda deal

Priti Patel accused critics of failing to ‘offer solutions’ but ministers have rebuffed numerous official recommendations since 2019

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Theresa May blasts Rwanda refugees plan in withering Commons attack on Priti Patel

Even the pioneer of the hostile environment plan questioned the plan "on the grounds of legality, practicality and efficacy"

The Independent UK

Theresa May refuses to support Rwanda asylum policy after questioning legality

Former prime minister raises concerns over ‘legality, practicality and efficacy’ as Priti Patel defends scheme

The Independent UK

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK

UK’s anti-slavery commissioner slams ‘lack of humanity’ in Rwanda asylum deal

Exclusive: Dame Sara Thornton expresses ‘significant concern’ about plans to ship asylum seekers to Africa

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson wrong to use Brexit to justify ‘morally delinquent’ Rwanda plan, says senior Tory

‘We are better than this – or at least, we used to be’, says David Davis

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian workers flee ‘modern slavery’ conditions on UK farms

Charity calls for people who arrived on seasonal work visas and are now undocumented to be offered protection

Reuters

UK minister overruled official's concerns about plan to send migrants to Rwanda

British interior minister Priti Patel overruled reservations from officials about her plan to send thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, documents published by the government on Tuesday showed.

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