From the economy to Rwanda, Rishi Sunak inherits a hefty in-tray As crises and party management problems loom, PM must act soon to try to reverse Tories’ poor poll ratings The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022
More than two-thirds of Channel migrants ‘could have asylum claims granted’, report claims The government refuses to consider asylum claims from people who have travelled through safe countries like France The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022
Failure to allow full UN prison inspections risks Australia’s international standing, experts say Australia joins Azerbaijan, Rwanda and Ukraine among nations to fail to provide full access after ratifying agreement The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2022
Airline hired to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda pulls out of UK scheme The Government used a plane run by Privilege Style when it first tried remove people to Rwanda in June but the flight was grounded at the last minute after legal challenges Daily Mirror · Oct 21, 2022
Airline pulls out of operating UK’s Rwanda deportation flights Spanish charter airline Privilege Style said it will not operate such flights in the future. The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Rwanda plan airline pulls out of plan to deport asylum seekers after dogged campaign THE airline contracted to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda has pulled out of the contract with the Home Office. The National (Scotland) · Oct 21, 2022
Airline hired by UK to remove refugees to Rwanda pulls out of scheme Charter airline Privilege Style won’t fly to Rwanda after bowing to public pressure The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Airline hired for UK’s Rwanda deportations pulls out of scheme Exclusive: Privilege Style causes problem for Home Office as it bows to pressure from campaigners The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022
UK not ‘doing its bit’ for refugees, says archbishop amid Rwanda plan criticism The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell raised his concerns in Parliament. The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022
Tamil refugees on Chagos Islands fear deportation under Rwanda-type plan UK government lawyers tell asylum seekers they can return to Sri Lanka or be removed to undisclosed country The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022
UN chief says Ethiopia 'spiralling out of control', calls for end of fighting in Tigray The United Nations sounds the alarm about the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia.Calls for a ceasefire go unheeded as government forces seize control of a key city. Also, a lockdown comes into force in two districts of Uganda as Ebola cases rise. We report from neighbouring Rwanda on the attempts to… France 24 · Oct 17, 2022
Home Office apologises over threat to send pregnant rape survivor to Rwanda Government withdraws letter to woman, who is 37 weeks pregnant, saying that it was sent by mistake The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
Charities and asylum seekers face wait for Rwanda policy High Court ruling “It is going to take a little bit of time,” judge Lord Justice Lewis said on Friday. The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
Heavily pregnant rape survivor threatened with removal to Rwanda by Home Office A HEAVILY pregnant rape survivor has been threatened by the Home Office with being sent to Rwanda. The National (Scotland) · Oct 14, 2022
France 24 · Oct 13, 2022 Families of missing Tunisian migrants desperate for information In tonight's edition: Families of over 20 migrants drowned at sea call on Tunisian authorities to do more to recover the bodies of their loved ones. And on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN's weather and climate agency is sounding the alarm over disaster readiness, saying half…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022 Home Office threatens to send heavily pregnant rape survivor to Rwanda Eritrean woman, 28, in acute distress having spent most of her life in search of safety
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Rwanda deportation: Asylum seeker ‘treated like animal’ in UK launches legal challenge against electronic tag Exclusive: Man, selected for removal to Rwanda, says he had suicidal thoughts after being held in immigration detention for two months
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda within three weeks of arrival, court told The charity Asylum Aid has brought a legal challenge against the Home Office, with judges told that the procedure is ‘seriously unfair’.
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Government wants to send small boat asylum seekers to Rwanda within 3 weeks, High Court hears Second legal challenge over policy says process for selecting asylum seekers is ‘inherently unlawful and unfair’
France 24 · Oct 12, 2022 Hague trial of alleged moneyman of Rwandan 1994 genocide As one of the alleged last masterminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda goes on trial in the Hague, survivors of the mass killings speak of their memories of the brutality that Felicien Kabuga is accused of having bankrolled. Also children from across Cameroon's war torn Anglophone regions escape to…
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 Most Britons believe Rwanda asylum deal will not work, polling shows Research indicates overall warming of attitides towards immigration, with minority of British public now wanting numbers cut
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022 The Tories are being reborn as a neo-nasty party Letters: Austen Lynch says the Conservatives are pursuing gain at the expense of the humane, and Jennifer Basannavar decries the home secretary’s dream of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful condemns Rwanda scheme: ‘This country was built on refugees’ The British Vogue editor-in-chief says: ‘You could be turning incredible people away, so we have to be very careful’
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Sophie pays her respects to victims of Rwandan genocide The countess travelled to Rwanda while on an official visit to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Reuters · Oct 5, 2022 Rwanda court acquits reporters accused of publishing fake news A Rwandan court on Wednesday acquitted three journalists who had been detained for four years on charges of spreading false information with the intention of inciting violence and tarnishing the country's image.