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Theresa May questions legality of government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

The ex-PM also demanded evidence that 'this will not simply lead to an increase in the trafficking of women and children'

Wales Online

More than 1,000 migrants have arrived in UK since Patel announced Rwanda plan

Minister insists controversial plan will act as ‘significant deterrent’ for people smugglers and those considering dangerous journey

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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Boris Johnson’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘contravenes Geneva Convention'

A UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been decried by NGOs as well as the UN refugee agency, which has criticised the plan to relocate migrants as “contrary to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention”. FRANCE 24 spoke to Sciences Po university’s François Gemenne, an…

France 24

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"

Daily Mirror

Theresa May blasts Priti Patel’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Coming under a barrage of criticism in the Commons, Home Secretary Priti Patel said that the policy is legal as she continued her defence of it

Evening Standard

Theresa May questions legality and ethics of plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Home Secretary Priti Patel faced a barrage of criticism in the Commons on the plans to send some asylum seekers 4,000 miles to East Africa.

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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

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 Independent UK

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.

Reuters

Ugandan Asians like me were resettled within weeks in the 70s. What happened to the UK?

It’s despicable that Priti Patel is sending desperate refugees to Rwanda, says Fiyaz Mughal, who works in the charity sector

The Guardian - UK

Tories migrant scheme for Rwanda slammed as 'brutish' by Lanarkshire priest

Fr Paul Morton spoke in support of the Archbishop of Canterbury's claims

Daily Record

‘Significant risk’ child refugees will be inadvertently shipped to Rwanda under Patel’s deal, charities warn

Fears children wrongly assessed as adults will be deported to East Africa and placed at risk of abuse

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Boris Johnson to make ‘full-throated apology’ to MPs over partygate fine

It is thought the Prime Minister will focus on the crisis in Ukraine and the Rwanda migrant deal in a speech in the Commons.

Daily Mirror

'Ghoulish Priti Patel is one of the most despicable ministers of a generation'

Presenting migrants as a danger to us all plays better for the Government. It plays to the fears fascists tried to exploit in the Sixties and Seventies

The Guardian - UK

Why Rwanda asylum seeker plan is doomed to fail

It makes little sense to send vulnerable people to a country with a questionable human rights record, writes Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay. Plus letters from Prof David Richardson, Dr Martin Pugh, Dr Joseph Mullen, Neil Ross and Margaret Fowler

The Guardian - UK

The Rwanda plan for refugees is shocking, but we don’t need to bring God into it

Welby’s invocation of the Almighty only confuses the forces that need mustering against the policy, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Daily Record

Boris Johnson's 50 biggest scandals, feuds and policies in first 1,000 days as Prime Minister

When Johnson came into office on 24 July 2019, he promised to "restore trust" in democracy and "unify" Britain by "working flat out" to lead the country.

Evening Standard

Adil Ray asks minister if he would send Jesus to Rwanda in GMB clash

The altercation led some viewers to criticise Mr Ray as they branded the line of questioning as ’stupid’ and ‘ridiculous’

The Guardian - UK

Is Jacob Rees-Mogg really a better Christian than the archbishop of Canterbury?

Various Conservative MPs objected when Justin Welby criticised the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. I’m no Christian, but I think I know whose side Jesus would be on

The Guardian - UK

Offshoring in Rwanda isn’t a ‘dead cat’ to distract from Partygate, it’s just plain inhumane

A loss of trust in politicians means every policy announcement is seen as a diversion – but conspiratorial thinking blocks action, says political journalist Moya Lothian-McLean

Daily Record

The Apprentice star Nick Hewer compares Rwanda to Scotland during GMB chat over new immigration deal

The Apprentice star Nick was asked about the Archbishop of Canterbury's stance on the government deal to send anyone who arrived in Britain illegally since January 1 to Rwanda

The Independent UK

‘Immoral trade in human beings’: UK slammed for deporting asylum seekers in return for Rwanda refugees

Ministers also criticised for planning to send modern slavery victims to east African country despite condemning its failure to support trafficked people only last year

Daily Record

Priti Patel challenges opponents to come up with a better idea than her Rwanda policy for migrants

The Home Secretary has defended her controversial deportation scheme as criticism mounts of the plans.

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