The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Sunak’s focus on Rwanda has created a rod for his own back

PM’s fight to retain party unity resembles battles waged – and ultimately lost – by Theresa May

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Sulky Sunak solves everything with a panicky press conference

Rishi Sunak had a full-blown toddler tantrum speaking to the media as he railed against an unfair world

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Rishi Sunak pleads with Tory rebels: Back my Rwanda plan

PM fights for political life – and flagship migration policy – as he tries to rally support for ‘existential’ vote

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

British PM Sunak defends plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Growing backlash among Conservative MPs after government published emergency legislation on Rwanda plan.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023

UK PM defends controversial Rwanda immigration plan amid political storm

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday insisted his government's latest immigration plan will work, as the issue threatened to split his ruling Conservative party.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 7, 2023

Rishi Sunak is in an impossible bind – and even allies like Robert Jenrick are deserting him

The Rwanda scheme is an attempt to look tough on migration, but he can’t hide the fact that the figures have been rising for years, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Rishi Sunak's asylum plans signal 'dark day for UK' blasts Humza Yousaf

HUMZA Yousaf blasted the Tory’s latest immigration plans as “morally repugnant” in a scathing response to the Prime Minister’s Rwanda policy.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 7, 2023

Douglas Ross backs Rwanda bill as Conservative party infighting continues

SCOTTISH Tory leader Douglas Ross will back the UK Government’s Rwanda bill ...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 7, 2023

Sunak insists Tories not a ‘joke’ on Rwanda as PM forced to plead with Labour to back plan

Embattled PM says he won’t expel Tory MPs voting against his new Rwanda bill

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Migration is tearing the Tory Party apart

The Government is tearing itself apart over immigration. Yesterday evening, as the Home Secretary was making a statement to the House of Commons on the emergency legislation to deem Rwanda a safe destination, his deputy at the Home Office, Robert Jenrick, was resigning.

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023