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Over 830 UK healthcare professionals and representatives from major medical bodies have expressed "grave concerns" over the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, reports Anadolu Agency. A...
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Millions of Muslims across Africa, on Friday, began celebrating Eid Al-Fitr, a religious festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Anadolu News Agency reports. Prayers were...
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European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to require member countries to host some of the refugees and migrants coming to the bloc at times of high arrivals, part of...
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March 30, 2023
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The British government has been widely reported over its controversial asylum policies to tackle the mounting number of English Channel crossings by migrants in boats, with some accusing it...
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Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda" about the 1994 genocide, has arrived in Qatar after being released from prison in Rwanda last...
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Unaccompanied asylum-seeking people in the UK face various threats, including deportation to Rwanda, if they complain about the condition of housing, according to a report by a refugee advocate...
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The Refugee Council has said that the cost of detaining and accommodating people under the government's illegal immigration bill could be more than £9 billion ($10.6 billion) in the...
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A group of asylum seekers in the UK won permission to challenge the country's Rwanda policy, media reports said Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. A Court of Appeal judge...
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The new UK Bill against illegal migrants violates the international treaty for refugees and, therefore,, is a violation of international law, said an official of the UN's Refugee Agency,...
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British Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, said a new Bill that will be brought to the House of Commons on Tuesday will "stop the boats" carrying migrants across the Channel,...
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Iran summoned the British interim charge d'affaires on Wednesday to protest London's policy of "baseless" accusations against Tehran, Anadolu News Agency reports. A Foreign Ministry statement said the UK...
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The top Court in London granted an appeal to a charity which challenged the Court's decision that the government's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their status...
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Turkiye and Rwanda have agreed to boost cooperation and bilateral relations in the field of security, defence industry, culture, economy and education, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Today, we signed...
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A district council in Devon has voted to investigate renting a cruise ship to house refugees and homeless people. The council says that demand for public housing has been...
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January 6, 2023
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With its controversial Rwanda asylum scheme, under which asylum seekers are sent to the East African nation as their applications are processed, the UK is not the first to...
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December 25, 2022
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Sanja Skov Vedel
The policy, which involves Britain forcibly sending tens of thousands of migrants to Rwanda in an alleged effort to tackle the record number of refugees and asylum seekers arriving in the UK on small boats, has been mired by controversy.
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Asylum seekers in the UK who will be deported to Rwanda as part of the government's controversial deportation scheme include victims of torture and human trafficking, a critical report...
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The number of migrants arriving in Britain in small boats hit a record for a single day yesterday, as the rise in dangerous journeys across the English Channel continues...
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Over 20,000 people have already crossed the English Channel in small boats this year with at least 607 people arriving on Saturday alone. Saturday was the third time the...
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The UK Ministry of Defence has released figures that reveal more than 18,000 refugees have crossed the English Channel this year. On Saturday, 337 people crossed on ten boats and the Monday before that...
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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have both pledged to pursue further Rwanda-style deals if they win the Conservative Party leadership race in early September. In a ten-point plan published...
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The UK's border security agency has likely been "counter-productive" in dealing with migrants and refugees' crossing the English Channel in small boats, a review has found. In the independent...
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Twenty-one QCs have added their names to a list of public figures who oppose the government's controversial scheme to deport refugees who arrive in the UK to Rwanda for...
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The UK's High Commissioner to Rwanda warned against the government's plan to send refugees to Rwanda, documents presented at a High Court hearing yesterday revealed. Kigali has been "accused...
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Turkiye has slammed plans by the British prime ministerial candidate, Liz Truss, to send refugees to the country from the UK, as Ankara continues to deal with the strain...
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A group of UK MPs have said that there is "no clear evidence" that the government's Rwanda project will result in less Channel crossings. "Threats of being put on...
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The British government is set to introduce a new Bill on Wednesday to empower courts to make the final decision on the removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda and...
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Britain is pressing ahead with a policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, despite a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights that stopped the first plane...
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A UN human rights expert, on Friday, urged the United Kingdom to halt plans to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda, expressing grave concern that the arrangement violates international law,...
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Britain has no plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, but the Strasbourg court which enforces it overstepped its powers in blocking the deportation of asylum seekers...
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British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, defended the government's Rwanda deportation policy in a statement to Parliament on Wednesday, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) blocked the first...
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Asylum rights are human rights!