24,083 asylum seekers were threatened with forcible removal to Rwanda between January 2021 and March 2023, according to Home Office data obtained through an FOI request. These “letters of intent”
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Rwanda is not a “safe place” to send asylum seekers. Two of the three judges have concluded that Rwanda’s practice of frequently returning
The House of Lords has voted in favour of four amendments to the Illegal Migration bill that would strengthen the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Baroness Chakrabarti’s amendment
Suella Braverman has announced that deporting a refugee to Rwanda will cost £169,000 per person . The scheme will only make savings on the current costs of housing migrants if
The government has dropped a two-tier system that made refugees arriving by irregular means, such as small boats, inadmissible for permanent asylum. The move is to speed up the processing
Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, has claimed in parliament that up to a fifth of male asylum seekers pretend to be children when they arrive in the UK. However, the
Lord Alf Dubs, himself a former child refugee who arrived in Britain via the Kindertransport, has tabled two important amendments which soften the cruelty of the original bill. The amendments
Robert Jenrick, the Immigration Minister, has disregarded the call for more safe routes for refugees by 1500 church leaders. In his response, (see link below), he doubles down on the
For further information and support, try these websites: https://care4calais.org/ https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk https://refugee-action.org.uk Safe Passage is concerned with refugee and asylum-seeking children: https://safepassage.org.uk The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network: https://qarn.org.uk There are