The government has accused the EU of double standards after Ireland promised to send asylum seekers to Britain despite France refusing to take back Channel migrants. The row broke out after senior Irish ministers said they would draw up emergency laws to return refugees arriving from Britain to prevent them being deported to Rwanda. However, … Read more
Migrants arrive in Britain after crossing the English Channel from France to Dover in Kent – Stuart Brock/Shutterstock More than 33,000 migrants risk deportation to Rwanda if flights take off, figures from the Ministry of the Interior showed on Tuesday. Some 33,085 asylum claims have been made since Rishi Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ legislation became … Read more
The Prime Minister’s plans have been endorsed by four leading British lawyers – ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Emergency legislation in Rwanda cannot go further, four leading lawyers have warned. The four QCs – including Geoffrey Cox, the former attorney general – say attempts to tighten the Rwanda law risk violating international law, forcing Rwanda to abandon the … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s premiership has been rocked by the resignation of Immigration Secretary Robert Jenrick, after the prime minister failed to appease right-wing Tories with his emergency legislation in Rwanda. Home Secretary James Cleverly unveiled a bill in the House of Commons to ‘disapply’ Britain’s Human Rights Act, in a bid to stop British judges from … Read more
Home Secretary James Cleverly has signed a new treaty with Rwanda in a bid to save Rishi Sunak’s thwarted deportation plan. A contingency plan B is also planned soon, as Mr Sunak tries to argue that Rwanda is a safe country to send migrants to following his government’s defeat at the High Court. Senior Tory … Read more
The Prime Minister reportedly hopes to finalize plans for a new law on illegal migration by the end of Monday – GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images Officials are trying to block Rishi Sunak’s legislation that would see Rwanda as a safe country to deport asylum seekers to, it is claimed. Sources have claimed that Whitehall … Read more