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The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Plane suspected to be flying refugees to Rwanda lands at military base

The flight is set to take off tonight.

Manchester Evening News

Rwanda flight protesters lie in road and lock themselves together to block deportation

The flight for the government's controversial policy to fly refugees to Rwanda was due to take off tonight but the coach carrying the people has been blocked by protestors

Daily Mirror

Protesters block vans taking migrants to airport for Rwanda flight

PROTESTERS are blocking the street outside of an immigration removal centre where migrants are set to be put on a flight to Rwanda.

The National (Scotland)

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Rwanda asylum seeker flight will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds - for seven people

Tonight a flight is set to depart the UK for Rwanda with just seven asylum seekers on board after a flurry of legal challenges. It is expected to cost north of £200,000 with some estimates putting it as high as £500,000

Daily Mirror

‘Please stop the plane’: asylum seekers plead before Rwanda deportation flight

‘Mentally exhausted’ expected deportees launched last-minute legal bids to avoid removal from UK

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss’s definition of ‘moral’ is clearly an odd one, as she defends plan to deport asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson blasts opponents of Rwanda plan for asylum seekers

The Prime Minister has accused them of 'abetting' the work of criminal gangs

Nottingham Post

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Monarchy, celebrity and clergy: Rwanda policy’s ‘alternative opposition’

Anger over asylum plan has grown in intensity, with Boris Johnson and Priti Patel under mounting pressure

The Guardian - UK

Four asylum seekers have Rwanda deportation flight appeals rejected

Home Office flight expected to take-off at 9.30pm on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Rwanda policy would have been difficult for my family, bishop says

The Right Reverend Anthony Poggo and his family fled their home in South Sudan in 1964 after the war broke out.

The Independent UK

Rwanda's human rights abuses - missing politicians, silenced journalists and stabbings

Rwanda's track record on human rights includes violence, murder, missing people, intimidation and one of the worst genocides in modern history - yet Liz Truss labels the move to fly asylum-seekers there as "value for money"

Daily Mirror

Rwanda ‘committed to helping migrants sent from UK to build new lives’

A Government spokeswoman in Kigali said her country has entered its controversial partnership with Britain ‘for the right reasons’.

The Independent UK

What is Rwanda like for asylum-seekers? Inside grim facilities where rooms are shared

Human rights abuses and a "police state" - the UK government is sending asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. Here is a look at the facilities they will be housed in

Daily Mirror

Talking Point: How do you feel about the first Rwanda flight?

The Government is committed to its plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, with the first flight due to take off this evening.

Evening Standard

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Over 260 migrants rescued from Channel as Boris Johnson defends Rwanda policy

More than 260 migrants were rescued from the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, as ministers faced growing criticism over the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The Independent UK

Tory MP blames asylum seekers for shortages of GPs, school places and low-cost homes

Tom Hunt also targets ’elite society’ for fighting Rwanda deportations – despite attending a £35,000-a-year private school

The Independent UK

Johnson attacks lawyers as last-ditch legal hearings take place over Rwanda plan

The Prime Minister said lawyers were very good at ‘picking up ways of trying to stop the Government’.

Evening Standard

Plane believed to be flying refugees to Rwanda lands at Wiltshire military base

The Boeing 767 landed at MoD Boscombe Down on Tuesday morning

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Evening Standard

No10 defends Rwanda migrant policy after claim it could cost 100k per asylum seeker

Downing Street has defended controversial plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda amid claims that the policy could cost up to £100,000 per person.

Radio France Internationale

UK's 'immoral' migrant flights to Rwanda get all-clear from courts

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has beaten back criticism of his plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, saying that efforts to block the flights were "abetting the work of criminal gangs" involved in smuggling people across borders, while the Church of England has called the deportations "immoral."

The Independent UK

Plane suspected to be flying refugees to Rwanda lands at Wiltshire military base

The Boeing 767 landed at MoD Boscombe Down on Tuesday morning.

The Independent UK

What we know about the first Rwanda deportation flight

Foreign secretary Liz Truss insists strategy of outsourcing asylum claims to African nation ‘completely moral’

Chronicle Live

Bishop of Durham slams Rwanda plan as 'immoral' policy that 'shames Britain'

The first flight taking failed asylum seekers to Kigali, Rwanda is due to take off on Tuesday June 14 after court challenges failed

Daily Mirror

Man who survived torture angrily confronts airline linked to 'cruel' Rwanda deportations

Kolbassia Haoussou MBE challenged Privilege Style to justify its alleged work with the Home Office in carrying out the deportation policy as the first flight is expected to depart today

Radio France Internationale

Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Rwanda of border town capture

The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of an "invasion" after rebels it says receive support from Kigali overran a major trading post on the Ugandan border.

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