A senior minister has said tougher rules are needed to prevent rising “small boats” crossings to the UK. Michelle Donelan, the science innovation and technology secretary, said the UK needs “robust processes” in place as many people arriving illegally have travelled via safe countries. It comes as the government is expected to publish its new
In a statement to the House of Commons, home secretary Priti Patel told MPs that she remains “committed” to the policy to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda when they illegally enter the UK despite the European Court of Human Rights halting the flight. Labour’s Yvette Cooper accused the home secretary of knowing “she didn’t have…
Former Conservative party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, has blasted the “legal farce” of the ECHR following an eleventh hour intervention by human rights judges to ground the UK government’s initial deportation flight to Rwanda. Referring to the situation as “ridiculous”, the former work and pensions secretary told LBC Radio: “This has turned into a…
In an urgent question, Stuart C. McDonald of the SNP asked home minister Tom Pursglove to give a statement on the planned removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda, with McDonald labelling the scheme “state sponsored trafficking and transportation”. Pursglove rejected this “offensive” characterisation, underlining that the scheme complies “fully with our legal and international obligations”.…
To send refugees who have made their way to the UK to Rwanda is inhuman, shallow, expensive, and counterproductive. What is the problem that Rwanda is a solution to? It can’t be that the government wants to deter refugees coming here on account of there being too many. After all, the UK’s island status means…
Offshoring migrants to Rwanda is yet another example of the government’s immoral and ineffective anti-refugee strategy. According to the International Organization for Migration, at least 52 people have drowned in the English Channel between 2018 and 2021. Over 28,000 people were smuggled across the Channel last year, and a further 3,000 have arrived in the…
The Wales secretary has defended claims that the government plans to ship adult male asylum seekers to Rwanda for official processing. Quizzed over the reports by Sky News’ Breakfast programme this morning, Simon Hart MP explained: “Yes. Again, I need to be a little careful about spelling out the detail, there are some sensitivities around…
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, has criticised the UK’s process for visa applications, claiming his own wife struggled to get a visa. Prystaiko said that despite being ambassador, the “bureaucratic hassles” of going through the UK visa application process meant even his wife couldn’t initially get a visa. The Ukrainian ambassador made the…
Thousands of Russians are fleeing following the invasion of Ukraine with many being forced to join as “cannon fodder” on the front line. Train tickets to the Finnish capital Helsinki… The post Thousands of terrified Russians fleeing amid ‘reports martial law could be declared and borders closed’ appeared first on London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com.
The Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced in the House of Commons on Monday that the UK will allow a further 100,000 Ukrainians in to the UK. Patel told MPs… The post British Home Secretary will allow a further 100,000 Ukrainians to UK ‘outside the rules for 12 months’ appeared first on London Business News…
