Priti Patel

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…

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the deportation flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can leave on Tuesday despite campaigners arguing the government’s policy is inhumane. The appeal court… The post Court of Appeal ‘cannot interfere’ with the government’s Rwanda deportation flight leaving on Tuesday appeared first on London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com.

The Home Secretary has been humiliated by a Ukrainian MP as Priti Patel promised UK visas in three days and it has now been three weeks. Lesia Vasylenko, 35, has… The post Patel promised Ukrainian’s UK visas in three days but once ‘all the checks and balances the war will be over’ appeared first on…

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…

Yvette Cooper has clashed with Priti Patel over the so-called ‘borders bill’ today in the House of Commons. In her first appearance at the despatch box as shadow home secretary, Cooper accused the home secretary of “letting vile people traffickers and criminal gangs off the hook” and said her speech was “a lot of rhetoric…

Following the deaths of over 20 migrants crossing the channel yesterday, home secretary Priti Patel told the Commons that “yesterday was a moment that many of us had feared for many years.” Patel reiterated her belief that harsher border control was needed, saying: “More than 20,000 have been stopped this year… We have dismantled 17…

The home secretary has told MPs that she has reiterated the British government’s offer to kickstart joint patrols in French waters in order to prevent the crossing of small boats. In a statement his afternoon, Priti Patel told MPs that she has spoken with the French interior minister Gérald Darmanin in order to approach a…

The home secretary Priti Patel has batted away suggestions her department is failing to deal with increases in migrant Channel crossings, accusing Labour of “standing up for unlimited migration”.Responding to an urgent question on the government’s handling of the migrant Channel crossings by small boats, the home secretary claimed: “The only solution to this problem is…

Home secretary Priti Patel has described France’s decision to detain a British trawler and verbally warn another as “disappointing”. When asked today whether she was in talks with her French equivalent, she told journalists: “It is disappointing, and we as a country fulfilled all our obligations under the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA). “But at…

Home secretary Priti Patel has hinted that asylum seekers arriving with too much documentation may be barred entry from the UK. Talking to the Lords’ justice and home affairs committee, Patel said: “We are granting asylum to those that are genuine asylum seekers, not those who turn up at primary control points at our airports and…