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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.

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

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

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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

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‘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

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

'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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Daily Record

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’

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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

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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.

Daily Mirror

GMB's Adil Ray asks MP 'would you send Jesus to Rwanda?' in asylum plan grilling

Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway and Adil Ray questioned Minister for Business and Energy Greg Hands on the Rwanda migrant scheme and the latest Partygate allegations

The Independent UK

Minister denies UK is ‘outsourcing’ migrant responsibilities to Rwanda

Greg Hands echoed the Home Secretary’s challenge for critics of the plan to come up with a better idea to tackle small boat crossings.

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel: Rwanda plan critics ‘fail to offer their own solutions’

UK home secretary attacks critics of plan to give unauthorised asylum seekers one-way tickets to African country

Manchester Evening News

Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray blasted for 'stupid' question as he asks MP if 'Jesus would be sent to Rwanda'

During the Easter Monday programme, Adil and co-host Kate Garraway quizzed their guest on the Government's latest plans

Liverpool Echo

Good Morning Britain host Adil Ray's Jesus question to minister divides viewers

Adil quizzed a government minister on whether or not Jesus would be deported

The Independent UK

Critics of Rwanda asylum plan have no solutions to Channel crossings, Priti Patel says

Home Secretary says policy is ‘bold and innovative’

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