Tag: Rwanda Bill

New UK Government To Stop Housing Migrants On Accommodation Barge

July 23, 2024 admin

The UK has been grappling with a hefty asylum backlog. (Representational) London: Britain’s new Labour government announced Tuesday that it will stop housing migrants on a controversial accommodation barge from next year as it tries to clear a backlog of asylum requests. The interior ministry said the government would not renew the lease for the…

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UK Confirms First Migrants Held For Rwanda Deportation Flights

May 1, 2024 admin

Over 7,500 migrants have arrived in England from France so far this year. (Representational) London: British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy. A…

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UK Sends First Asylum Seeker To Rwanda: Report

April 30, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government plans to begin the expulsions by July. London: Britain has sent a first asylum seeker to Rwanda as part of a controversial but voluntary scheme for irregular migrants whose applications have been rejected, British media reported on Tuesday. The British government last week adopted a highly-criticised law allowing for irregular…

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Asylum Seekers Fear UK’s Rwanda Deportation Law

April 24, 2024 admin

Rishi Sunak said the first flights will take off in the next 10 to 12 weeks. (Representational) Weymouth: Asylum seekers housed on an accommodation barge on the coast of southern England say they are afraid of being sent to Rwanda, after a controversial proposal for deportation was approved. “I’d rather die,” said one of them….

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