The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Asylum seekers say there is no freedom in Rwanda and fear for their lives if sent to Africa

Human rights groups slam a $156m trial scheme to offload thousands of refugees to Rwanda.

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda will cause punch ups at airports, says minister

Letter: Rabbis and members of Britain’s Jewish community call on the government to abandon its policy proposal and fulfil its duty to protect, not punish, those fleeing persecution

An interview with the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove got rather heated on Friday's Good Morning Britain

The UNHCR said it ‘strongly condemns’ the plan to send migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully, to Africa.

The UNHCR and human rights groups have voiced their opposition to a deal signed bewteen London and Kigali that would see thousands of illegal migrants in the UK resettled in Rwanda, or returned to their country of origin.

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

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

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