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Patel ‘pushing ahead’ with Rwanda migrant plan as 900 cross Channel in four days

The Home Secretary discussed progress on the agreement in a meeting with Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda

Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial scheme

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel backs Rwanda asylum plans as hundreds continue to cross Channel

PRITI Patel has insisted work is taking place “right now” to send migrants to Rwanda as hundreds of migrants continued to cross the Channel,…

The National (Scotland)

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Patel backs Rwanda plan as more than 900 migrants cross Channel in four days

The Home Secretary said work was taking place ‘right now’ on plans to deport people to Rwanda.

The Independent UK

Refugees minister ‘distances’ himself from Government’s Rwanda plan

Britain’s minister for refugees appeared to distance himself on Tuesday from the Government’s plan to send migrants crossing the Channel on small boats to Rwanda.

Evening Standard

Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist

“From today, I no longer want to be called your mother, if you don’t want to change you can leave my house and come back when you are a transformed person, when you are a man.” Chris (not his real name) a queer transgender person from Rwanda recalls the words…

The Conversation

‘Priti Patel’s Rwanda plan won’t stop us crossing’ — inside the migrant crisis escalating in the Channel

Critics deem it expensive and counter-productive — but is the Government’s new scheme even workable? Katie Strick reports

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Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal

Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issues

The Guardian - UK

New Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa reveals plans to use acting success to build school in Rwanda

Ncuti, 29, was born in Rwanda but when he was just two years old fled the east African country with his family to escape the brutal civil war.

Daily Record

Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson

PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugees

The Guardian - UK

Fifty migrants told they will be sent to Rwanda, Boris Johnson says

The prime minister said the government is braced for legal battles with ‘leftie lawyers’ over the controversial policy

The Independent UK

The UK's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda raise four red flags

Like many others, I was surprised and upset to hear about the UK’s new deal to offload its responsibility to tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The plan is for Rwanda to process and host such refugees indefinitely.

The Conversation

Alleged senior leader of 1994 Rwandan genocide confirmed dead

Protais Mpiranya, one of the last remaining fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been confirmed dead and the case against him has been closed, the prosecutor of the successor court to the UN Rwanda tribunal said on Thursday.

Reuters

Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave

Inside the manhunt for Protais Mpiranya, accused of Rwandan mass killings and the world’s most wanted war crimes fugitive

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The Hunters: the small UN unit that tracked down Rwanda’s worst killers

The work of highly effective tracking teams offer model to follow in future efforts to prosecute war criminals

Daily Mirror

Home Office minister admits he can't show if Rwanda scheme will curb Channel crossings

It comes after the British Red Cross and the Refugee Council warned of some asylum seekers in Britain going into hiding in fear of being sent to Rwanda.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine refugees who enter UK via Ireland may be sent to Rwanda, MPs told

Minister also refuses to say whether Ukrainians who cross Channel in small boats could be sent to Africa

The National (Scotland)

Tory minister fails to show evidence Rwanda scheme will cut Channel crossings

A HOME Office minister has failed to provide any evidence that the Government’s controversial Rwanda scheme would reduce the number of people…

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The Independent UK

Minister refuses to rule out that Ukrainian refugees could be deported to Rwanda

Tom Pursglove also indicates Afghans who served with British Army could face removal under policy

The Independent UK

Home Office unable to show evidence Rwanda policy will cut Channel crossings

The minister for tackling illegal immigration described it as an ‘untested policy’.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers in UK ‘going underground’ over fears of being deported to Rwanda

Charities warn threat of removal to Africa putting vulnerable people at greater risk of exploitation

The Guardian - UK

Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’

Rights organisations say refugees going into hiding as Home Office admits LGBTQ+ people could face persecution in African country

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers in Rwanda wait years for decisions and two thirds are rejected, says Home Office report

Document also cites evidence of discrimination against LGBT and Middle Eastern people in asylum system

The Independent UK

Critics hit out at Government’s Rwanda plans over human rights concerns

The Home Office said it will carry out a case-by-case risk assessment when determining someone’s eligibility for relocation.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda for ‘spending a couple of weeks in Brussels’ on way to Britain

Foreign shop receipts and tickets can also be used to declare people ‘inadmissible’ for asylum in the UK

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