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'We should be a country that provides a home to as many migrants as is practicable'

Conservative member of Cardiff Council, Joel Williams, has broken ranks with his party and opposed the UK Government’s plan to send some migrants to Rwanda while their applications to remain in the UK are processed. He explains why he believes this policy is inhumane and wrong

Wales Online

Priti Patel claims migrants 'pretending' to flee from danger as she doubles down on Rwanda policy

Scots MP Alistair Carmichael challenged Patel over her claim that asylum seekers were not in genuine danger.

Daily Record

From the government that achieves next to nothing, it’s the Rwanda flight to nowhere

As far as Johnson and Priti Patel are concerned, the terrified migrants are just hapless extras, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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UK could ditch European rights pact after Rwanda plan blocked

London (AFP) - Britain's government Wednesday refused to rule out abandoning a European human rights pact after a judge dramatically blocked its plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda, sparking fury among Conservatives.

AFP

Channel crossings hit highest number for two months as hundreds arrive at UK border amid Rwanda asylum plan

Hundreds of people who arrived at British shores appeared to be unaware that there was a possibility they could be put on a flight to the African nation

Manchester Evening News

What happens next after first Rwanda deportation flight grounded?

European Court of Human Rights makes eleventh-hour intervention leaving hated immigration policy stalled on the tarmac as defiant government promises new legal challenge

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers facing deportation to Rwanda include 'torture victims' with 'severe PTSD'

Of the seven asylum seekers removed from a plane set to depart to Rwanda last night, five are trafficking and torture victims while one had "quite severe PTSD" says the founder of Care4Calais

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‘All options on the table’: Downing Street confirms Boris Johnson considering withdrawal from human rights treaty

All European states except Russia and Belarus are signatories to the convention drawn up after the Second World War

The Independent UK

Patel vows to push ahead with Rwanda plan despite legal battles

Home Secretary Priti Patel defended the policy after the first flight was effectively blocked by the European Court of Human Rights.

The Independent UK

Rwanda policy is costly gesture politics. We need a humane solution

In normal times, the policy-making process requires ministers to ensure any new measure represents value for money, runs a reasonable chance of success and has a clear legal foundation. The Rwanda asylum plan fails on all three metrics.

Evening Standard

‘We can’t take this suffering again’: Family of asylum seeker taken off Rwanda flight worried for his future

‘ When I heard about the ticket being cancelled I started to shout and cry’

The Independent UK

Priti Patel attacks 'pretending' asylum seekers and claims Rwanda flight WILL go ahead

The Home Secretary has doubled down on the government's cruel Rwanda deportation policy despite ECHR ruling the flight illegal at the eleventh hour.

Daily Mirror

The moment Edinburgh locals join in mass sing-a-long at protest against Rwanda flight

Dozens gathered outside the Government building in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, displaying messages, banners and forming an impromptu choir performance in a stand with refugees being transported to Rwanda

Edinburgh Live

Morale and trust among Home Office staff at ‘rock bottom’ after failed Rwanda flight

Exclusive: Civil servants frustrated at being accused of ‘going along with’ policy despite it being ‘purely ministerial led’, according to member of staff

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Manchester Evening News

ITV Good Morning Britain viewers make demand over Richard Madeley after 'stupid' Rwanda question

The presenter and co-host Susanna Reid were talking to ITV News' Paul Brand about the refugee scheme

Daily Mirror

Rwanda flight: ECHR asylum seekers decision meaning - and what happens next

Priti Patel is giving a statement to Parliament on the Rwanda flight after the European Court of Human Rights grounded a plane carrying asylum seekers. We explain what's going on, the ECHR and what's next

Daily Mirror

Moment Boris Johnson vowed to keep human rights laws he's now trashing over Rwanda

Boris Johnson declared 'Keep the European Convention, it's a fine thing. Get out of the EU' during the referendum campaign

The Guardian - UK

What is the ECHR and how did it intervene in UK’s Rwanda flight plans?

International court that grounded deportation flight was established in 1959 to stop human rights abuses

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The Guardian - UK

It’s Labour’s job to lead the fight for worker and migrant rights – why isn’t it doing so?

On issues like Rwanda and the rail strikes, Starmer has more power to make the political weather than he realises, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

AFP

Calls in UK to ditch European rights pact after Rwanda plan blocked

London (AFP) - Furious Conservatives called on Britain's government Wednesday to abandon a European human rights pact after a judge dramatically blocked its plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government already preparing replacement Rwanda flight

THE UK Government is preparing a new flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda after its planned inaugural flight was cancelled following a…

The Independent UK

Nish Kumar calls Boris Johnson a ‘lawbreaker’ over suggestion UK could leave ECHR amid Rwanda deportation

First flight in government’s controversial plan to send refugees to Rwanda was halted at last minute

The National (Scotland)

The court that grounded the UK Government’s Rwanda flight

THE cancellation of the first flight under the Government’s controversial Rwanda policy after last-minute intervention has focused attention on…

The Independent UK

Ministers dismiss Tory MPs’ calls to quit European court after Rwanda flight grounded

Minister says he would not ‘advocate withdrawing from the ECHR’

The Independent UK

UK rescued 444 migrants from the English Channel crossing as Rwanda deportation flight cancelled

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