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Top Home Office civil servant raised objections over Rwanda asylum policy

Senior Tories David Davis and Andrew Mitchell also raise concerns over scheme

The Independent UK

Sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda will save money, claims minister

Claim about long-term benefits disputed by MP Andrew Mitchell who describes reported cost of £30,000 a person as ‘eye-watering’

The Guardian - UK

Senior Tory MP slams government over 'immoral' plan to send asylum seekers 4,000 miles away to Rwanda

Andrew Mitchell hit out at Boris Johnson's plan saying there were "eye-watering" costs involved in sending people 4,000 miles away.

Daily Record

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UK says Rwanda flights to start in weeks; critics slam plan

The British government says it plans to start putting asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda within weeks

The Independent UK

‘Would you live in Rwanda?’: Interview on asylum seeker plan grows heated as GMB’s Adil Ray grills minister

‘If it’s not good enough for you, why is it good enough for a Syrian or Afghan refugee?’ Adil asked the MP

Chronicle Live

Rwanda plans 'inhumane' amid claims it's cheaper to put asylum seekers in Ritz for a YEAR than send them 4,000 miles to Africa

Critics have lambasted the plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Manchester Evening News

Right-wing French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen welcomes Boris Johnson’s Rwanda migrant plan

Ms Le Pen, known for her radical anti-immigrant agenda, said there would be cheaper methods of processing migrants

Evening Standard

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'Would you live in Rwanda?' Tory minister scolded by GMB host over government's asylum seeker plan

Tom Pursglove was asked repeatedly by Good Morning Britain host Adil Ray if he would live in Rwanda, however he refused to answer the question.

Daily Record

Sending migrants to Rwanda will save UK money in the long term, says minister

But a senior Tory critic said it would be cheaper to put each migrant up in The Ritz for a year than transfer them to central Africa.

The Independent UK

What is Rwanda’s record on human rights?

Plans to send asylum seekers to the central African nation have sparked fresh concern over alleged human rights abuses

The Independent UK

Rwanda migrants - latest: Boris Johnson’s plan ‘immoral and impractical’, former Tory cabinet minister says

Senior Tory says plan is ‘unworkable’ and will involve ‘astronomical costs’

The Independent UK

Rwanda migrants - latest: Asylum seeker plan will save UK money, minister insists despite £30K cost per person

Senior Tory says plan is ‘unworkable’ and will involve ‘astronomical costs’

The Independent UK

Kate Garraway forced to apologise for asylum seeker comment on GMB as Adil Ray fumes

Kate Garraway was hosting Friday's edition of Good Morning Britain alongside Adil Ray when she made a self-confessed 'factual error' whilst discussing refugees fleeing Rwanda last year

Daily Mirror

Rwandan asylum seeker plan ‘immoral and impractical’, former Tory cabinet minister says

‘It would actually be cheaper to put each asylum seeker in the Ritz hotel in London’

The Independent UK

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Liverpool Echo

GMB's Adil Ray grills MP on asylum seekers being sent to Rwanda in heated interview

Adil repeatedly asked 'would you live in Rwanda?'

Daily Mirror

Tory minister confronted over his OWN government's Rwanda warnings in car crash interview

Home Office minister Tom Pursglove complained there were 'appalling stereotypes' about Rwanda - so Sky News immediately read out his own government's travel advice

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson wants first asylum seekers flown to Rwanda 'in six weeks'

The Prime Minister is aiming to have the first asylum seekers, who are deemed to have arrived in the UK illegally, flown out to Rwanda in around six weeks in a bid to curb Channel crossings

Daily Record

Refugee policy a new low for Tories

A pressing issue is addressing the situation of people crossing the English Channel in boats, often in perilous conditions.

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The Independent UK

What the papers say – April 15

Good Friday’s front pages report on Boris Johnson’s controversial scheme to ‘process’ Channel migrants offshore.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson wants first ‘illegal’ migrants flown to Rwanda in six weeks

The Government is braced for its widely criticised plans to be challenged in the courts.

Daily Mirror

'Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is a gimmick by PM to distract people from Partygate'

The Government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will do little to deter desperate people from trying to enter Britain, nor will it tackle migrant smuggling and human trafficking

Daily Mirror

PM's 'cruel' plan to take asylum seekers to Rwanda branded 'inhumane and unlawful'

Boris Johnson claimed the £120m initial deal with Rwanda would stop vile people traffickers 'turning the Channel into a watery graveyard', but admitted the plan could be held up by court fights

Daily Mirror

'Nasty' Rwanda asylum seeker scheme exposed - what it will cost and why it will fail

The UK has signed a five-year deal effective immediately for Rwanda to take Britain’s unwanted asylum seekers. Anyone the Home Office deems 'inadmissible' to claim asylum in the UK can be taken to Rwanda

The Independent UK

UK condemned Rwanda for human rights abuses months before signing deal to send asylum seekers there

‘Ludicrous’ to think people seeking sanctuary in UK can build lives in east African nation, say experts

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum seekers to be housed in no-frills hostel in Rwandan capital

People fleeing persecution to be taken to stripped-back Hope guest house in Kigali, which has only 50 rooms

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