The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Rish! finds the liaison committee forgiving under Bernard’s watch

Committee chair Bernard Jenkin ensures attempts to grill the prime minister never get very far

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Sunak doubles down on controversial Rwanda plan and vows ‘vigorous’ fight ahead

PM insists his plan to stop the boats was not on hold

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Rishi Sunak feels pressure over ‘five key pledges’ as he denies ‘stop the boats’ promise on hold amid Rwanda court battle

Prime Minister also tells MPs he is ‘throwing everything’ at inflation on the six-month anniversary of setting his five priorities for the nation

Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2023

Rishi Sunak's migration plans suffer brutal mauling as Lords inflict 11 defeats

The onslaught in the upper chamber came just a week after the Government's defeat at the Court of Appeal over plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2023

Small boats bill ripped apart in Lords as peers say government living ‘in cloud cuckoo land’

Peer says aim of detaining and deporting small boat migrants ‘not based on reality’ as Lords add protections for pregnant women, children and LGBT+ people

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire under fire for failing to condemn Rwanda policy

She was unable to say in a BBC interview if Labour would stop the flights, although later confirmed the party would ditch the plan

Bristol Post · Jul 3, 2023

Hundreds of modern slavery cases on hold after Home Office admits ‘unlawful’ guidance

Suella Braverman’s lawyers conceded legal challenge from people refused protection under new ‘objective evidence’ test

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

It could cost the taxpayer £169,000 to deport each migrant to Rwanda – and possibly even more

The Home Office has revealed how much it believes it will cost to send migrants arriving in the UK to Rwanda – a staggering £169,000 per person. This estimate is even more surprising when you consider that one of the aims of the government’s migration policy is to stop spending…

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2023

Let’s cheer a Rwanda court victory. But the cruel and punitive policy lives on

Suella Braverman’s plan to outsource refugees has been ruled illegal, yet this is a fragile win

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Top Tories urge Rishi Sunak to use cabinet reshuffle to get a grip on warring party

Prime minister has spent the week beset by crises, from Boris Johnson’s Partygate fallout to a quitting minister and failed Rwanda policy

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023