The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

As Rwanda hosts Commonwealth summit, bloc's role questioned

Expectations are high in Rwanda as the East African nation prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Raab has plan to ignore European judges’ future injunctions after Rwanda row

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said interim orders like those used to ground the Rwanda flight should not be “legally binding” under UK law.

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Dominic Raab says European judges 'wrong' to block Rwanda deportation flight

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab refused to give a cast iron guarantee that any asylum seekers would have been deported to Rwanda by the end of the year

Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022

Rwanda policy prompts protest in Bristol this Friday

Protesters urge the UK Government to halt its controversial plans

Bristol Post · Jun 16, 2022

What the papers say – June 16

Further reaction to the cancellation of the first Rwanda deportation flight features on the front pages.

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Migrants have been left high and dry by Priti Patel's cruel Rwanda deportation plans

Record View says the point of the flights is to appeal to a particular Tory point of view and distract from Downing Street’s law-breaking and the cost-of-living crisis.

Daily Record · Jun 16, 2022

Kenya calls for immediate deployment of regional force to eastern Congo

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for the immediate deployment of a new regional military force to try to stop rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Reuters · Jun 15, 2022

'Plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was bound to end in farce'

Eva Simpson says the idiotic idea was doomed from the off, and that its true objective was for the Government to look like they are doing something to satisfy their ever-dwindling support base

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2022

‘Like I was going to be executed’: On board the failed Rwanda deportation flight

Special Report: Taken from cells, restrained by harnesses and made to board a plane, only to be granted a last-minute reprieve by European judges. The asylum seekers that Boris Johnson wants to send to central Africa tell May Bulman and Bel Trew their harrowing stories

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

Newcastle protesters brand Government's failed attempt to send asylum seekers to Rwanda a success

Yunus Bakhsh said North East Against Racism will continue to campaign for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers

Chronicle Live · Jun 15, 2022