LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a major rebellion from right-wing politicians in his party on Tuesday over flagship immigration legislation to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda in a critical test of his authority. Two Conservative Party chairmen said they
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak avoided defeat in parliament on Tuesday on an emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, seeing off a revolt by dozens of his lawmakers that laid bare his party’s deep divisions. Sunak, who has pinned
LONDON: The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, dealing a massive blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s major election pledge on immigration before a vote expected next year. The court unanimously rejected the government’s
LONDON: A British court ruled that a UK government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to the Conservative administration’s pledge to stop migrants making risky journeys across the English Channel. In a split two-to-one ruling, three Court
LONDON: Britain's government has said that it will cost on average about 169,000 pounds ($215,035) to deport each asylum seeker to Rwanda in the first detailed assessment of a high-stakes promise to tackle record numbers of people arriving in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai Today, on 7 April, the world community commemorates the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. If we consider the fact that the fundamental mission of the United Nations in being created was to be a means
London: Britain’s Home Secretary arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a visit aimed at reinforcing the UK government’s commitment to a controversial plan to deport some asylum-seekers to the African country. Ahead of her visit, Suella Braverman said the migration policy “will act as a powerful
Doha: Qatar is battling to host a peace meeting between the presidents of rivals DR Congo and Rwanda, even though a summit this week was called off amid rising tensions, diplomats say. With a rebellion in eastern DR Congo already complicating relations, Rwandan forces this week
London: Almost half of asylum seekers in the UK facing deportation to Rwanda are married, including a significant number from Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, and Syria, The Guardian reported. More than one-fifth also have children, the survey by charity Care4Calais found. The study was published by charity coalition
Kinshasa: Rwanda’s army "engaged in military operations" against DR Congo’s military in the country’s troubled east, according to a report by a group of independent United Nations experts.