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James Cleverly spent £165,000 on flight to Rwanda to sign deportation deal

Home secretary chartered a private jet to make the one-day round trip to Kigali in December

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

Few want it, and even fewer think it will succeed. So why in the world is Sunak clinging to the Rwanda policy?

Huge costs, mounting opposition, negligible impacts: nothing about this absurd asylum bill appears to make any sense, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

Rwanda bill likely to be stalled at least till April after seven defeats in the Lords

Peers voted for numerous amendments making it improbable the legislation will return to the Commons this side of Easter

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024

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Why has UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda been delayed again?

House of Lords deals blow to ruling Conservatives’ ‘stop the boats’ policy.

Al Jazeera · Mar 20, 2024

Rwanda bill could become law without independent scrutiny, says ex-watchdog

David Neal says government failed to publish his report on conditions for asylum seekers in east Africa country

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: The public needs evidence that Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan will work

The Rwanda Bill returned to the House of Commons, to little fanfare. The Government used its still solid majority to quash 10 amendments from peers in the upper house, and so the legislation looks set to finally become law.

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2024

MPs vote to throw out amendments to Rwanda deportation bill

All 10 amendments made by peers voted down, giving much-needed boost to beleaguered PM

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

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UK Government Pushes Forward With Rwanda Deportation Plan

British government's efforts to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda face legal challenges and opposition, emphasizing the need to address illegal migration eff...

Rishi Sunak aims to get Rwanda deportation flights to take off from Britain within weeks

But a bill to allow the flights is yet to clear Parliament

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2024

Home Office condemns ‘cruel’ Rwanda phone scam targeting asylum seekers

Scammers claim they can help people go to Rwanda in exchange for £3,000 government payment

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024

Introducing the British rider with a 100% GC record in 2024

Victories at the Tour du Rwanda and Tour de Taiwan cap a glittering start to pro life for the 21-year-old

Cycling Weekly · Mar 15, 2024

Kenya delays deployment of police force to Haiti

tonight's edition: Kenya's president delays the country's controversial commitment to send a police force to tackle violent gangs in Haiti. Also, Rwanda upholds an election ban on opposition leader and government critic Victoire Ingabire. And more kidnappings in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria this week ramp up fears. The president…

France 24 · Mar 13, 2024

UK plans to pay asylum seekers to move to Rwanda

Plana are separate from the ‘Rwanda bill’, a stalled plan to forcibly deport most asylum seekers to the African country.

Al Jazeera · Mar 13, 2024

Minister defends plan to pay thousands for migrants to go to Rwanda voluntarily

Labour says ministers are admitting defeat on their controversial deportation plan

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Civil servants threaten ministers with legal action over Rwanda bill

Union says Home Office staff could be in breach of international law if they implement deportations

France 24 · Mar 11, 2024

DR Congo's Tshisekedi agrees to meet Rwanda's Kagame, Angola FM says

The leaders of embattled neighbours Rwanda and DR Congo may be poised to meet to discuss fighting in Eastern Congolese regions that Kigali has been accused of enflaming. Fighting between Tutsi M23 rebels and Congolese soldiers has forced more than 100,000 people to flee. There had earlier been rumours that…

International Business Times · Mar 9, 2024

Rwandan Ruling Party Picks Kagame As Presidential Candidate

Rwanda's ruling party on Saturday picked President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the July election, teeing up a contest widely expected to return the longtime leader to office for a fourth seven-year term.

France 24 · Mar 9, 2024

Rwanda's ruling party again chooses Kagame as presidential candidate

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International Business Times · Mar 7, 2024

UK Rwanda Migrants Bill Set For Parliamentary 'Ping-pong'

Controversial plans to send migrants from the UK to Rwanda will return to the House of Commons this month after parliament's upper chamber recommended several changes to the scheme, the government announced on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

The Lords have pulled apart the cruel and Orwellian Rwanda bill – yet still, the Tories press on

Behind the parliamentary ping-pong are tens of thousands of refugees, left in perilous limbo by a broken system, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024

Rwanda deportation bill set back again after House of Lords votes

Rishi Sunak’s bill was opposed in 10 votes by peers, two days after five amendments were forced through

inkl · Mar 6, 2024

Skyrocketing Economies: Which Countries May Become a New World Power Soon?

There was a time when there were only two superpowers in the world, but that is not the case anymore.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024

Von der Leyen’s EU group plans Rwanda-style asylum schemes

Centre-right European People’s party says it wants to create deportation deals with non-EU countries to head off rise of far right

Evening Standard · Mar 5, 2024

Tory Big Beast Ken Clarke savages Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Bill which suffers five Lords defeats

The Prime Minister has previously warned the Lords against frustrating ‘the will of the people’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

Lords pass five amendments to Rwanda bill in heavy defeat for Rishi Sunak

Peers, including senior Tories, vote by margins of about 100 votes for changes to legislation, which will have to go back to Commons

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