Boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, killing 11 as a ‘mass rescue effort’ is under way
The total number of those aboard remains unclear although 31 have been rescued; the incident is the latest in a string across the region Eleven...
Category : Refugees
Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson
PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugees Boris Johnson said 50 people have been told...
Priti Patel blames lawyers as she admits Rwanda plan will ‘take time’
Home secretary attacks ‘specialist lawyers’ as Labour calls delayed plan little more than a press release Priti Patel has admitted that it will take time...
Small boat asylum seekers undeterred by Rwanda plan, survey finds
Survey of asylum seekers in northern France finds three-quarters will try to reach UK despite government’s offshoring plans Deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlikely...
Priti Patel’s Rwanda asylum seeker plan faces first legal challenge
Charity Freedom from Torture says it has ‘serious concerns’ about lawfulness of policy Priti Patel’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is facing its...
Boat capsizes off Libya, leaving 35 people dead or presumed dead
Wooden vessel launched from Sabratha, a major departure point for Europe, says UN migration agency A boat carrying 35 people has capsized off the Libyan...
Priti Patel could face Home Office mutiny over Rwanda asylum plan
Unions say civil servants could stage mass walkouts after home secretary overruled their concerns UK’s Rwanda plan will fail, says UNHCR Peers will fight UK...
‘I will die here, I can’t go back to Africa’: migrants respond to Rwanda removal
Asylum seekers say there is no freedom in Rwanda and fear for their lives if sent to Africa Small boat arrivals on the Kent coast...
Sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda will save money, claims minister
Claim about long-term benefits disputed by MP Andrew Mitchell who describes reported cost of £30,000 a person as ‘eye-watering’ Britain will save money in the...
Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups
Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity Ethiopian paramilitaries have carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing in...
