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UK court to rule if deportation flights to Rwanda can restart

Judges at London's High Court will rule on Monday whether the British government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stakes his future on stopping a record number of migrant arrivals in small boats.

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‘I am very scared’: refugees await judgment on UK’s Rwanda policy

Law courts will deliver their verdict on Monday on whether plans to export asylum seekers are lawful

The Guardian - UK

Workable proposals? No, western immigration policy is a theatre of cruelty

Another week and more drownings in the Channel. Politicians’ words of regret are hypocritical: they chose not to prevent them

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US asks Rwanda to make troops, rebel forces withdraw from Eastern Congo

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Rwanda to pull back its troops from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and encourage M23 rebels to do the same.

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‘I don’t think lessons have been learned’: asylum policies fall short after more Channel deaths

Following another tragedy at sea and a ruling due on the Rwanda deal, is Britain complacent at home and complicit in refugee abuse abroad?

The Guardian - UK

Nobel prize winner criticises western ‘neglect’ and urges action over DRC violence

Denis Mukwege has demanded sanctions be imposed on Rwanda to ease the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda's Kagame criticizes U.S. over concerns about 'Hotel Rwanda' hero's detention

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday criticized the United States over the concerns it has raised in the case of Paul Rusesabagina, a U.S. permanent resident jailed in Rwanda who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda"

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Ukrainian judges to carry out war crimes trials of Russians with UK training

The training is being run in Ukraine by British judge, Sir Howard Morrison, who worked at the International Criminal Court Yugoslavia and Rwanda

The Independent UK

Rebel Tory bid to overrule court rulings on Rwanda deportation flights fails

Priti Patel backs backbench bill, but supposed supporter Boris Johnson does not turn out to vote

The Independent UK

Sunak rejects Tory calls to ignore human rights court rulings over Rwanda deportations

No 10 opposes bill that would allow removal of asylum seekers from UK even if it went against European court judgment

The Guardian - UK

Tory human rights crackdown on migrants is crushed - all 69 MPs who voted for it

Boris Johnson had been among MPs who backed Jonathan Gullis' Bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, even if a court rules it is against human rights. But the bid was blocked at its first hurdle

Daily Mirror

Midlothian council leader slams £140m Rwanda flight policy amid cost of living crisis

Midlothian Council faces a budget gap of more than £13million next year but while councillors argued about who was to blame for the lack of cash Labour group leader Derek Milligan said the people who were not to blame were 'Midlothian tax payers'

Edinburgh Live

Tories and Boris Johnson launch bid to ignore human rights laws for migrants

The Bill could pose a Tory revolt for Rishi Sunak - and in painful timing, it is being debated hours after people were feared to have died when a boat got into difficulty off the Kent coast

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson backs Tory plan to defy European court on Rwanda deportations

Bill to take back ’parliamentary sovereignty’ over European Court of Human Rights is fresh challenge to Rishi Sunak

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Boris Johnson and Priti Patel urge PM to ignore European court rulings on Rwanda

Controversial Asylum Seekers (Removal to Safe Countries) Bill has been co-sponsored by Tory MPs including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel pressure PM to ignore ECHR rulings on Rwanda

The Asylum Seekers (Removal to Safe Countries) Bill is to be introduced by Tory MP Jonathan Gullis on Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Ex-Met Police terror cop blasts Suella Braverman over fight against right-wing extremism

Suella Braverman said it was her 'dream' and 'obsession' to see a flight containing asylum seekers taking off to Rwanda - after the controversial policy was mired in legal challenges

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Congo Nobel laureate asks U.N. to sanction Rwanda for alleged rebel support

Congo Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege has called for United Nations sanctions against Rwanda for its alleged support of the M23 rebel movement in eastern Congo, whose resurgence this year has led to bloody clashes and displaced hundreds of thousands.

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The Guardian - UK

The ethical Christmas gift voucher that lends with care

From maize farmers in Ecuador, to shopkeepers in Rwanda, Lendwithcare helps lift entrepreneurs out of poverty

The Guardian - UK

Renewed fighting in DRC raises fears of chaotic proxy conflict

Conflict has displaced at least 400,000 people since March in a growing humanitarian crisis

The Independent UK

Archbishop condemns ‘cruelty’ of government handling of refugees and migrants

‘It is not a solution – it is a mistake,’ Justin Welby told peers

Evening Standard

‘Control has become cruelty’ in UK asylum policy, says Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has offered a stinging rebuke of the Government’s policy on migrants and asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt fails to quash claims Treasury vetoed pay offer that may have averted rail strikes – as it happened

Chancellor did not contest claim when asked whether his department blocked a pay rise of around 10% for rail workers

The Independent UK

‘Control has become cruelty’ in UK asylum policy, says Archbishop

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has offered a stinging rebuke of the Government’s policy on migrants and asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church

Friction has been simmering within the global Anglican Communion for many years over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy

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