Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday (6 July) he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in his first major policy announcement since winning a landslide election victory.
The German states were pushing the federal government during a summit on Thursday to allow the outsourcing of asylum procedures to third states, with chancellor Olaf Scholz promising keep exploring options.
British opposition leader Keir Starmer will say on Friday (10 May) a Labour government would hire hundreds of enforcement officials and use counter-terrorism powers to target people-smuggling gangs to stop asylum seekers arriving in England on small bo…
The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland’s deputy prime minister told a British newspaper on Friday (26 April).
The UK readied on Tuesday (23 April) to start detaining migrants within days for deportation to Rwanda after the controversial plan got parliament’s approval, sparking outrage from the UN and rights groups.
Controversial UK government plans for deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda cleared their final hurdle on Monday (22 April), after a marathon tussle between the upper and lower chambers of parliament lasting late into the night.
More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered his first defeats over his legislation to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the upper house of parliament demanded greater protections to be introduced before deportation flights can take off.
The UK moved on Tuesday (5 November) to salvage its ‘cash for asylum seekers’ agreement with Rwanda by signing a new treaty with the East African country. UK ministers have also expressed hope that the revised pact will be a model for collaboration on …
UNHCR-supervised asylum procedures abroad could provide a workaround for human rights concerns raised by the Supreme Court, the FDP, a junior partner in Germany’s coalition government, said on Wednesday (15 November). On Wednesday, the UK’s highe…
