MPs reject amendment protecting victims of modern slavery from deportation to Rwanda
Veteran Conservative backbencher Sir Bill Cash urged peers to “calm down” and described their amendments as “ridiculous”.
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Minister says Rwanda flights will start ‘within weeks’, despite no planes or houses
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the Home Office was ‘ready to go’ in implementing the scheme.
Femi reacts to reports French ‘aren’t controlling our borders’
"The very existence of this Conservative government is based on the idea that we should be controlling our borders, not the EU."
Rwanda’s state-owned airline rejects UK proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali
A Home Office insider noted the “irony” of the state-owned airline distancing itself from a scheme that Rwanda’s government has said it is “proud” to be involved in.
70% of Rwandan houses earmarked for asylum seekers have been sold to locals – reports
"Just when you thought you had heard everything", Peter Stefanovic said.
UN calls on Rishi Sunak to scrap Rwanda plan
The United Nations Human Rights Committee urged the PM to drop the legislation, but Government sources accused the UN of ‘double standards’ on Rwanda.
Chancellor defends cost of Government’s Rwanda deportation scheme
Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost taxpayers £1.8m per deportee!
Govt still can’t find an airline to operate Rwanda flights – with MoD even refusing to get involved
The government declared a 'migration emergency' this week after a record day for crossings in 2024.
Taxpayer forced to fork out £160k for Cleverly’s one-night jaunt to Rwanda
"This Government's enthusiasm for wasting taxpayers' money knows no bounds."