UK to pay at least £370m to Rwanda for asylum deal
The figure, which covers a five-year period, is revealed in a report by the government's spending watchdog. Source link
UN Security Council sanctions rebels in DR Congo as violence escalates | United Nations News
A committee imposes an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze on leaders of six armed groups fighting in the mineral-rich region. The United Nations…
Sebastiao Salgado: From stark realities to vivid conservation | Conflict
A look inside the acclaimed photographer’s black and white journey from human resilience to natural conservation. Sebastiao Salgado’s photography, initially rooted in news, evolved into…
DR Congo accuses Rwanda of airport ‘drone attack’ in restive east | Armed Groups News
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has accused Rwanda of carrying out a drone attack that damaged a civilian aircraft at the airport in the…
UK’s Rwanda plan ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with rights obligations | Refugees News
The legislation may be in breach of international treaties, according to a parliamentary report. The plan of the United Kingdom’s government to deport asylum seekers…
UK’s upper house votes to delay plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda | Refugees News
House of Lords defies Rishi Sunak by voting to delay ratification of treaty with Kigali. The United Kingdom’s upper house of parliament has voted to…
What is the UK’s ‘Safety of Rwanda’ bill and why are MPs fighting over it? | News
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has succeeded in pushing his asylum and immigration bill through the House of Commons after an expected rebellion by Conservative…
Rishi Sunak tells ‘unelected’ Lords to ‘do the right thing’ as he says Rwanda plan is ‘urgent national priority’
RISHI Sunak demanded the Lords back his flagship Rwanda legislation saying it was an "urgent national priority". The Prime Minister used a hastily-arranged press conference…
West must resist ‘evil’ Putin and never back down – POLITICO
DAVOS, Switzerland — It feels like the 1930s all over again but with Russian leader Vladimir Putin playing the role of Hitler, U.K. Foreign Secretary…
Rishi Sunak faces vote on Britain’s Rwanda asylum plan as 60 MPs revolt
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative administration faces a crunch vote Wednesday in Parliament on a controversial bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, part…
Tory MPs must remember that the Rwanda Bill is the best shot at getting a grip on our borders
Duty calls, MPs AFTER a night of drama and resignations over the Rwanda Bill, Conservative MPs must tomorrow decide whether to let the legislation pass,…
Burundi closes border with Rwanda in latest East Africa row | News
President Ndayishimiye accuses Rwanda of backing DRC-based armed group Red Tabara against his government. The Rwandan government says Burundi had decided to shut its border…
In 2024, Europe to hunt for new partners to offload asylum seekers | Migration
Eight years after the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying facedown on a beach in Turkey shocked the world, pictures of asylum seekers’ lifeless bodies…
Rwandan doctor given 24-year jail sentence in France over 1994 genocide | Genocide News
Sosthene Munyemana, 68, has been found guilty on charges of genocide despite denying any wrongdoing. A Rwandan doctor was sentenced by a Paris court on…
Migration is derailing leaders from Biden to Macron. Who’s next? – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Western leaders are grappling with how to handle two era-defining wars in…
UK’s Sunak wins parliament vote on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda | Politics News
Sunak faces down Conservative Party rebels by winning a knife-edge vote on his latest plans to send refugees and migrants to Rwanda. British Prime Minister…
BBC bosses ‘are talking to Gary Lineker’ after Match of the Day host slammed Rwanda plan in ANOTHER Twitter storm
BBC bosses are said to be talking to Gary Lineker after the Match of the Day host was slammed for blasting the Government's Rwanda plan.…
Rwanda row: PM Sunak, who pledged to ‘stop the boats’, faces crucial test | Refugees News
Glasgow, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent the weekend trying to persuade rebel MPs from his own party to back his latest…
Gary Lineker sparks another BBC row and gets told to ‘stick to TV’ by minister after signing letter blasting Rwanda plan
GARY Lineker's fiery criticism of the Government's Rwanda policy has reignited a BBC impartiality row and prompted a Cabinet Minister to say he should stick…
Rishi’s Rwanda bill is beginning to feel a lot like Brexit…but this time Boris Johnson won’t be riding to Tories’ rescue
TOMORROW is the fourth anniversary of the biggest election earthquake in a generation. Only one party leader will mark that milestone with a punchy speech…