Labour, Rwanda
Labour would scrap Rwanda migrant scheme and set up 'elite' force to tackle small boat crossings
Labour would scrap Rwanda migrant scheme and set up 'elite' force to tackle small boat crossings - Border Security Command would be an “elite force, not a Cinderella service”, Sir Keir Starmer said
Why is the UK Deporting Migrants to Rwanda?
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised, as part of a long-simmering controversy, that migrants arriving in the country without permission will be sent
UK confirms first migrants held for Rwanda deportation flights
The government said it plans to deport 5,700 asylum-seekers to Rwanda this year, a week after Parliament passed a law giving the controversial measure a green light.
Migrants earmarked for deportations to Rwanda detained ‘swiftly’ in raids
Immigration enforcement officers have “swiftly” detained migrants that will be deported to Rwanda in raids on Wednesday morning. Over the past two days
Labour government would stop Rwanda deportation flights, Starmer says
Leader says party would scrap ‘gimmick’ asylum seeker scheme and replace it with border security command
UK's Labour Vows To Ditch Government's Rwanda Deportation Plan
Britain's main opposition Labour party on Friday pledged to scrap the Conservative government's flagship Rwanda scheme if it comes to power, replacing it with a tougher more joined-up approach to tackling irregular migration.
Starmer tears into Rwanda plan unveiling Labour's migrant plan
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks at an event in Dover where the party discuss people-smuggling and small boats. He says Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel.
No guarantee how many migrants Rwanda will take
The Rwandan government won't guarantee how many migrants it can take from the UK if flights start to depart. Rishi Sunak has ...
Migrants frightened of going to Rwanda trying to get back to Europe through Dover, says asylum seeker
An asylum seeker, who could be detained as soon as this week, says his friends are “so frightened” of the prospect of being ...
The Independent13d
The migrants who say the Rwanda bill won’t deter them from crossing the Channel
The situation is very hard for us, I cannot stay like this.” ‘I can understand why UK wants to deport migrants to Rwanda’ Lamsa Kuku, a 17-year-old from South Sudan, said the UK was his ...
Daily Mail9d
Rwanda crackdown finally gets underway: Moment first illegal migrants set to be deported are handcuffed, put in vans and detained in dramatic Home Office dawn immigration raids
The first migrants set to be deported to Rwanda have been detained. The Home Office said a series of operations took place across the country this week, with more activity due to be carried out in ...
The Daily Telegraph9d
Women seized in immigration raids ahead of Rwanda deportation flights
Women earmarked for deportation to Rwanda are among the first migrants to have been detained in nationwide raids that sparked protests by groups including Just Stop Oil. Immigration enforcement ...
U.S. News & World Report11d
UK to Deport Migrants to Rwanda Based on Group Agreed by Kigali, Document Shows
UK to Deport Migrants to Rwanda Based on Group Agreed by Kigali, Document Shows LONDON (Reuters) - The first asylum seekers to be deported from Britain to Rwanda will come from a group of 5,700 ...
CBS News9d
U.K. government shares video of first migrant detentions under controversial Rwanda plan, calls it a milestone
BREAKING: The first people set to be removed to Rwanda have been detained ... Conservative government's response to rising numbers of migrants and asylum seekers reaching the U.K. on small ...
Reuters11d
UK to deport migrants to Rwanda based on group agreed by Kigali, document shows
The Irish government has said the threat of being sent to Rwanda was causing migrants to head to Ireland from Britain, which London said showed the Rwandan scheme would work. "The UK's new ...