Grant Shapps does not deny RAF could be used for Rwanda deportation flights
The Government will do “whatever we need to do” to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, Grant Shapps has said in an apparent hint the RAF could be used for deportation
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Rwanda Bill stuck in deadlock as defiant peers insist on changes to asylum plan
Peers have maintained the parliamentary deadlock over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan in pressing their demands for changes to the controversial scheme. The House of Lords snubbed ministerial calls to
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Rwanda Bill sustains fresh defeats as peers demand rethink of asylum policy
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan has been given a fresh beating by peers, amid a continuing stand-off over the controversial policy. Despite MPs overturning previous changes by the House of
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Asylum seeker carried out murder ‘in revenge for deaths of Palestinian children’, court told
A Moroccan asylum seeker told police he knifed a pensioner to death in the street and stabbed a Christian convert out of “revenge” for Israel killing children in the Palestinian
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Cost of hosting refugees and asylum seekers soars as Home Office announce hotel closures
Some 150 migrant hotels will have closed by May, the Home Office has said, after new figures showed £4.3 billion of Britain’s overseas aid budget was spent on hosting refugees
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Sunak meets Rwandan President amid reports that properties in Kigali have been sold
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hosted Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Downing Street amid reports that properties in Kigali earmarked for the UK’s stalled deportation scheme have instead been sold
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Home Office launches social media campaign in Vietnam to deter illegal migrants
The Home Office has launched a social media campaign in Vietnam to deter migrants from coming to the UK illegally. The campaign, which begins on Monday, will use adverts on
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Pilot jailed for smuggling 52 migrants across Channel in ‘overcrowded’ dinghy
A 31-year-old man from South Sudan has been jailed for 20 months for smuggling more than 50 migrants across the English Channel in a “perilously overcrowded dinghy”. Choul Phan Maker
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No 10 declares it is dealing with ‘migration emergency’ after record day for crossings in 2024
Rishi Sunak’s Government is dealing with a “migration emergency” after the busiest day for Channel crossings since the start of 2024. More than 4,000 people are thought to have crossed
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Rwanda Bill hit by further delay as defiant peers inflict a fresh round of defeats
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan has been hit by further delay after defiant peers dug their heels in and inflicted a series of fresh defeats against the controversial policy. MPs
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