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Government's Rwanda Plan Failing To Deter Migrant Crossings, MPs Say
Home affairs
Government's Rwanda Plan Failing To Deter Migrant Crossings, MPs Say
A new report has warned that the government's efforts to curb Channel crossings using the threat of deportation to Rwanda are "unrealistic" and will "not succeed".
Senior Tory Refuses To Say If UK Plans To Pull Out of European Convention On Human Rights
Brexit
Senior Tory Refuses To Say If UK Plans To Pull Out of European Convention On Human Rights
Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey has refused to confirm whether she was in favour of the UK leaving the European Convention On Human Rights after the government's plans to send migrants to Rwanda were blocked.
Home Office Was Blindsided By European Court of Human Rights Move To Ground Rwanda Flight
Home affairs
Home Office Was Blindsided By European Court of Human Rights Move To Ground Rwanda Flight
The Home Office is facing uncertainty over whether future one-way flights to Rwanda to remove migrants who have arrived illegally in the UK will be able to go ahead after the European Court of Human Rights grounded a plane due to take off on Tuesday.
The government’s threat to leave the ECHR to fulfil its Rwanda policy risks breaking the Good Friday Agreement
Brexit
By Alistair Carmichael MP
The government’s threat to leave the ECHR to fulfil its Rwanda policy risks breaking the Good Friday Agreement
What a difference a day makes. In less than 24 hours Boris Johnson has gone from pretending to be a defender of the Good Friday Agreement, to threatening to remove the legal underpinnings of peace in Northern Ireland altogether.
Government “Highly Confident” Next Deportation Flight To Rwanda Will Take Off After First Plane Grounded
Home affairs
Government “Highly Confident” Next Deportation Flight To Rwanda Will Take Off After First Plane Grounded
The government remains "highly confident" they will be able to go ahead with the policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda despite the first flight being grounded by a legal challenge on Tuesday, according to work and pension secretary Therese Coffey.
Government “Expects” First Rwanda Flight To Take Off Tonight
Home affairs
Government “Expects” First Rwanda Flight To Take Off Tonight
Foreign secretary Liz Truss has said the government fully expects their first deportation flight to depart for Rwanda tonight despite last-minute legal challenges, and has defended the policy as "completely moral".
Government Insists It's 'Right' To Send Migrants To Rwanda Despite Legal Pushback
Home affairs
Government Insists It's "Right" To Send Migrants To Rwanda Despite Legal Pushback
Boris Johnson has defended the plan to send migrants on a one-way flight to Rwanda in the face of fierce criticism and legal challenges.
Campaigners Say The Government Must Stop Charging Migrants’ Children For British Citizenship
Home affairs
Campaigners Say The Government Must Stop Charging Migrants’ Children For British Citizenship
Children’s charities have called for the government to go further after it made changes this week to the fees it charges the children of migrants who wish to claim British citizenship.
Government Calls On Army Reserves To Help Stop Migrant Crossings
Home affairs
Government Calls On Army Reserves To Help Stop Migrant Crossings
The government has made a new order to allow the Armed Forces to call up voluntary reservists to deal with illegal channel crossings.
Imminent Deal To Process Migrants In Rwanda Is Being Played Down By Government
Home affairs
Imminent Deal To Process Migrants In Rwanda Is Being Played Down By Government
Government sources have played down suggestions that the UK is on the brink of announcing a deal for migrants to be processed offshore in Rwanda.
No recourse – no hope?
Home affairs
By Laura Hutchinson
No recourse – no hope?
Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are affected by a Home Office policy denying them access to welfare. Most Black or from minority ethnic backgrounds; many have British-born children; and most are living below the poverty line.
We must provide targeted support for homeless EU migrants if we are to end rough sleeping
Home affairs
By Stephen Timms MP
We must provide targeted support for homeless EU migrants if we are to end rough sleeping
The scale of homelessness and housing difficulties among EU citizens across Britain has become a growing concern.
Global Britain has a responsibility to act as conflict and climate change push displacement to a record high
Foreign affairs
By Lord Alton
Global Britain has a responsibility to act as conflict and climate change push displacement to a record high
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimates that 82.4 million people are displaced worldwide, 42 per cent of whom are children - and 32 per cent of whom are refugees. We need an urgent international response to address the root causes.
We need solutions that permanently address rough sleeping for everyone, including EU citizens
Economy
By Lucy Mort
We need solutions that permanently address rough sleeping for everyone, including EU citizens
The harsh impacts of Storm Arwen and the emergence of the Omicron variant foretell a potentially treacherous and bleak Winter for all of us, but especially for homeless people. New research showing that EU citizens are almost three times as likely to experience rough sleeping is therefore of deep concern.
Senior Tory MP Claims Government Will Be 'Freer Than Ever' To Unlawfully Strip Citizenship Under New Plans
Home affairs
Senior Tory MP Claims Government Will Be "Freer Than Ever" To Unlawfully Strip Citizenship Under New Plans
David Davis has claimed the Nationality and Borders Bill is a "deeply troubling level of Government overreach" after ministers made a last minute change to the legislation.
The Nationality and Borders Bill is littered with measures that will breach human rights
Home affairs
By Harriet Harman MP
The Nationality and Borders Bill is littered with measures that will breach human rights
Parliament considers the Nationality and Borders Bill today in the shadow of the tragic deaths of 27 people who drowned as they tried to cross the Channel. Our asylum and immigration system doesn’t work. And it costs lives.
A pan-European solution is needed to prevent Channel deaths
Home affairs
By Lord Dubs
A pan-European solution is needed to prevent Channel deaths
Last week’s tragic loss of 27 lives in the Channel was foreseeable and indeed foreseen. They weren’t the first people to have died crossing the Channel, but our shared responsibility now is to do all we can to ensure they will be the last.
An asylum system that offers safe routes to the UK is the humane response to this 'crisis'
Home affairs
By Vanessa Ganguin
An asylum system that offers safe routes to the UK is the humane response to this 'crisis'
For the first time since David Cameron perhaps rashly set a target for the amount of net migration - and not long after Boris Johnson finally abolished it - a Conservative government has actually met the target.
Safe and legal routes must be a pillar of our asylum system
Home affairs
By David Simmonds MP
Safe and legal routes must be a pillar of our asylum system
The recent heart-breaking incident in the Channel demonstrates that the current asylum system is broken. At least 27 people, including 17 men, seven women - one of whom was pregnant - and three children drowned in the deadliest crossing on record. If something positive is to come from this, as it did from the tragic death of Aylan Kurdi in 2015, it will be a major shift in the will and determination of governments to act decisively and swiftly.
Delivering humanitarian aid is key to stop refugees arriving on our shores
Home affairs
By Shabnam Nasimi
Delivering humanitarian aid is key to stop refugees arriving on our shores
As we discuss who is to blame for the worst tragedy of its kind in Channel history, which killed 27 people as their boats sunk, it is worth noting that they were from Iraqi Kurd and Afghan nationalities.
Immigration Minister Refuses To Rule Out Pushing Back Migrant Boats In The Channel
Home affairs
Immigration Minister Refuses To Rule Out Pushing Back Migrant Boats In The Channel
Immigration minister Kevin Foster has insisted “any maritime tactics would be deployed appropriately” regarding small boats crossing the Channel, but refused to rule out pushing them back towards French waters.
Government Accused Of 'Lack Of Confidence' In Priti Patel With Small Boats Task Force
Communities
Government Accused Of "Lack Of Confidence" In Priti Patel With Small Boats Task Force
The assembly of a new small boats taskforce to tackle migrants crossing the Channel is a sign Boris Johnson has a “lack of confidence” in Home Secretary Priti Patel, Labour has said.
Migrants are at risk of being left behind in the UK’s response to HIV
Health
By Florence Eshalomi MP
Migrants are at risk of being left behind in the UK’s response to HIV
If we are to end new cases of HIV by 2030, we need to reach every community with our HIV response - this includes those born abroad and living in London as well as the rest of the UK.