EU deportation hubs not the same as ‘stupid’ UK Rwanda policy, Simon Harris says
Taoiseach says Ireland has an ‘open mind’ to idea for EU deportation sites for failed asylum seekers
Rwanda
Rwanda scheme has already cost taxpayers £700m, new UK home secretary reveals
Yvette Cooper accuses Sunak’s government of creating an ‘asylum Hotel California’, where people arrived in the system but never left
Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame secures election victory with 99% of vote
President has effectively ruled Rwanda since 1994, when he led a rebel army that ended the genocide in which about 800,000 people were killed
Charity calls on UK to formally confirm end of Rwanda deportation policy
New PM Keir Starmer has said Rwanda plan unveiled by Conservative government in 2022 is ‘dead and buried’
Labour government warns of dire UK finances as it begins first full week in office
Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves gives her first speech at the Treasury
How Denmark’s Social Democrats stole far-right ‘thunder’ on migration
Fear that success of hardline asylum policy in Denmark may cause ‘race to the bottom’ across Europe
Ukrainian refugees to have welfare allowances cut from €232 per week to €38.80, under new plan
Jim O’Callaghan says Government could designate Northern Ireland a safe third country after Belfast judgment
Belfast court’s landmark ruling on UK Rwanda law: What it means North and South
Concern that migrants are crossing Border to avoid deportation ‘has no weight any more’, says human rights lawyer
‘For us, Rwanda equals death’: an asylum seeker in England on the UK government’s deportation plan
'Rishi Sunak’s family were migrants. I am surprised that he is leaving behind such shameful history during his tenure'
At least nine killed in strike on displacement camp in eastern DR Congo
Congolese authorities blame Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group for attack
A tougher asylum system is now a political necessity. That might not be pretty
There needs to be a second half of the plan beyond telling the continuing arrivals that they’re on their own. All this just plays to the “Ireland is full” gang
Justice officials warned McEntee of Rwanda policy knock-on effect as early as 2022
Any UK success in deterring arrivals would have an impact in neighbouring states, civil servants said
Emergency legislation will allow ‘operational agreement’ between Ireland and UK on return of asylum seekers to come into force, Government says
Department of Justice planning to take over immigration registration which could free up 100 additional officers for frontline work
British prime minister Rishi Sunak ‘not interested’ in deal with Ireland to return asylum seekers to UK
Helen McEntee pulls out of British-Irish conference after meeting with UK minister was postponed
Home Office Rwanda operation ‘to detain asylum seekers across UK from Monday’
Officials plan to hold refugees at routine meetings and to pick people up more widely in operation starting weeks earlier than expected, Guardian reports
Taoiseach convenes private meeting about Mount Street ‘tented village’
Meeting involving Ministers, gardaí and Dublin City Council agreed on new search for State land to house estimated 200 asylum seekers living in tents in city centre
Are the lessons of the Rwandan genocide being ignored 30 years on?
In the News podcast: New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch reflects on the lessons not learned from the 1994 Rwandan genocide
Five die crossing English Channel just hours after Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill passes
British government bracing itself for legal challenges to the scheme to send asylum seekers to the east African country
I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the plane
My reporting and experience in Rwanda was used as evidence in the legal challenge against the UK Home Office’s Rwanda deportation plan
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