Prince Edward and Sophie postpone visit to Grenada at short notice
No explanation given for change, with royals due to begin platinum jubilee tour of Caribbean on Friday A planned visit by the Earl and Countess...
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‘Lawless logging’ in DRC raises concerns over $500m forests deal signed by Boris Johnson
Critics say cash from UK, Norway, France and Germany could be wasted as damning report reveals illegalities, corruption and environmental crimes Environmental groups have raised...
UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan
Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable The UN’s refugee agency has condemned Boris Johnson’s plan...
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...
What are the Tories trying to achieve by offshoring asylum seekers?
Analysis: Tories keen to shore up support with tough immigration policy but there are concerns about the detail When Boris Johnson’s position was at its...
UK asylum seekers to be housed in no-frills hostel in Rwandan capital
People fleeing persecution to be taken to stripped-back Hope guest house in Kigali, which has only 50 rooms Asylum seekers flown to Rwanda by the...
BlackRock urged to delay debt repayments from crisis-torn Zambia
Anti-poverty campaigners say world’s largest fund manager refuses to reduce or delay payments on Zambia’s debt BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, has come under...
Boy, 14, missing in Malaysia diving trip believed to have died
Adrian Chesters, a Briton who was rescued on Saturday, says his son Nathen died while they were adrift The 14-year-old son of a British man...
