All news on the topic: Rwanda

Charities fear ‘increasing risks of destitution and exploitation’ of refugees as they go into hiding

Under a scheme unveiled in March people whose asylum claims have been rejected are being offered cash to move to Rwanda - it is separate to Rishi Sunak’s deportation plan

Guardian understands dozens of detentions have taken place across the UK this week, prompting demonstrations

British and Irish ministers are set to meet as tensions grow over the UK’s policy on migrants.

Taoiseach wants to reduce arrivals through Northern Ireland amid concern that Sunak’s Rwanda plan is driving people to Ireland

Such policies are ‘betrayal’ of values, says French president in speech covering defence and negative effects of Brexit

The Government has repeatedly refused to share its assessments on tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite saying it is a safe country

Tory heavyweights including Ken Clarke were among those who blasted Rishi Sunak's controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill, which faced widespread opposition in the House of Lords

A report by the National Audit Office uncovered a string of add-on fees agreed by ministers with the Rwandan government, with Labour branding it a 'national scandal'

Paul Rusesabagina, who saved hundreds of lives during the Rwandan genocide, pleaded with Rishi Sunak to scrap the asylum plan, warning his homeland could soon be a war zone

Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'

Lord Tugendhat, who is the uncle of Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat, savaged the Government's Safety of Rwanda Bill that he described as 'quite extraordinary'

Archbishop Justin Welby, ex-Supreme Court President Baroness Hale and Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti want to overhaul Rishi Sunak's bid to revive his deportations plan

In a scathing assessment of the Safety of Rwanda Bill in the House of Lords, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said 'we as a nation can do better' and branded it 'damaging'

Peers in the House of Lords voted by 214 to 171 to delay ratifying a treaty with Rwanda - a key plank of the PM Rishi Sunak's controversial policy

After threats of rebellion from right-wing Tories over the Rwanda deportation plan failed to materialise, the bill is now headed for the Lords where members are in a fighting mood, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie

PM Rishi Sunak also urged the House of Lords to pass the Rwanda Bill as he delivered a short speech from Downing Street hours after he survived another day of Tory chaos

The Tory MP attempted to scold Yvette Cooper over Rwanda, saying the Shadow Home Secretary couldn't 'get the name of the country right' after referring to Kigali - the capital

PM Rishi Sunak is expected to deliver remarks at a Downing Street press conference this morning after he survived another day of Tory chaos over his Rwanda policy

Rishi Sunak was spared a catastrophic rebellion as right-wing Tory MPs backed down despite threatening to torpedo his controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill

Rishi Sunak was survived a humiliating Tory rebellion as MPs backed his Safety of Rwanda Bill - even though many hardliners don't think it's going to work

Paul Kagame has offered floundering Rishi Sunak a way out as he battles to get his Rwanda deportation deal off the ground - sayign there are "limits to how long this can drag on"

Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on the Rwanda asylum policy, which has opened up another Tory civil war after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful

Tory moderates have set up a bruising clash with right-wingers by calling for Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill to be toned down ahead of a crunch vote next week

Tyrone Steele, interim legal director at law charity Justice, said Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill "has tried to fundamentally change reality" - amid warnings it won't tackle a huge asylum backlog