LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 06: Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs from number 10, Downing Street ahead of the weekly PMQ session in the House of Commons on December 06, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak … Read more
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was struggling to avert a leadership crisis on Thursday after his plan to revive a blocked asylum deal with Rwanda triggered turmoil in his party and the resignation of his immigration minister. Sunak called a hastily scheduled news conference to defend his policy after Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick … Read more
LONDON — The U.K. government triggered criticism from opponents and division inside the governing Conservatives on Wednesday with a bill that will let it ignore a part of the country’s human rights law in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. The legislation is part of government plans to overcome a block … Read more
KIGALI, Rwanda — British Home Secretary James Cleverly flew to Rwanda on Tuesday in a bid to revive a plan to send asylum-seekers to the East African country that has been blocked by U.K. courts. The U.K. government said Cleverly will meet his Rwandan counterpart, Vincent Biruta, to sign a new treaty and discuss next … Read more
LONDON — Britain’s interior minister said Thursday that the U.K. government can revive its blocked plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda without breaching international law, with the first flights taking off next year. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the government is “absolutely determined” to begin Rwanda deportation flights before a national election that must be … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave LONDON — Britain’s top court on Wednesday unanimously ruled against the government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda — a goal sought by successive British prime ministers and watched by other countries hoping to outsource migration issues while skirting international human rights obligations. The ruling brings … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Rwanda and Congo to de-escalate tensions and withdraw troops from their border following increased fighting that has displaced nearly 7 million people ByEMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press November 7, 2023, 9:31 AM NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Rwanda and Congo to de-escalate … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — Cuts to U.N. funding for refugees living in Rwanda is threatening the right to education for children in more than 100,000 households who have fled conflict from different East African countries to live in five camps. A Burundian refugee, Epimaque Nzohoraho, told The Associated Press on Thursday how his son’s boarding school … Read more
LONDON — The British government’s contentious policy to stem the flow of migrants faces one of its toughest challenges this week as the U.K. Supreme Court weighs whether it’s lawful to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The Conservative government is challenging a Court of Appeal ruling in June that said the policy intended to deter immigrants … Read more