Sunak will use emergency law to start migrant flights to Rwanda

Sunak will use emergency law to start migrant flights to Rwanda

The British prime minister has reacted angrily to the Supreme Court’s ruling on his plan to deport asylum seekers.

  • byBen Riley-Smith andCharles Hymas

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‘Unlawful’:Supreme Court rules against UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

‘Unlawful’:Supreme Court rules against UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the British government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of an Australian-style immigration policy is unlawful.

  • byMichael Holden andSam Tobin
Real-life hero who inspired Hotel Rwanda released from prison

Real-life hero who inspired Hotel Rwanda released from prison

Rwanda says it will release Paul Rusesabagina,a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a film about the 1994 genocide.

  • byKatharine Houreld
UK warned it faces Australian-like reputation damage over asylum seeker plan

UK warned it faces Australian-like reputation damage over asylum seeker plan

The group of MPs warned the UK government that offshoring asylum seekers to Rwanda would not work to stop boat crossings in the English Channel.

  • byLatika Bourke
I’d get on a boat again,I had no choice:Refugees eye escape at any price

I’d get on a boat again,I had no choice:Refugees eye escape at any price

We visit a refugee camp where asylum seekers say turn-back policies don’t work.

  • byLatika Bourke
Commonwealth betraying its values,says Rwanda opposition leader

Commonwealth betraying its values,says Rwanda opposition leader

Rwanda’s leading opposition figure said the Commonwealth had made a mockery of itself by allowing the president to whitewash his crackdown on political opposition.

  • byLatika Bourke
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Boris Johnson’s losing streak follows him all the way to Kigali
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Boris Johnson’s losing streak follows him all the way to Kigali

The British Prime Minister badges himself as a winner but he clocked a trifecta of losses in a single day.

  • byLatika Bourke
Prince Charles tells Commonwealth nations ‘becoming a republic’ is up to them

Prince Charles tells Commonwealth nations ‘becoming a republic’ is up to them

Opening his first CHOGM as head,in Kigali,Rwanda,the future king said cutting cords with the British monarchy can be done calmly and without rancour.

  • byLatika Bourke
Prince Charles in Rwanda pleads for no more genocides

Prince Charles in Rwanda pleads for no more genocides

Charles is in Rwanda as new head of the Commonwealth. Last week he reportedly described Britain’s refugee deportation deal with the country as “appalling”.

  • byLatika Bourke
Disappearances ‘show Rwanda unfit to host Commonwealth summit’

Disappearances ‘show Rwanda unfit to host Commonwealth summit’

Human rights advocates say Rwanda’s human rights record has worsened since it joined the Commonwealth and that it does not deserve to host this week’s Heads of Government meeting.

  • byLatika Bourke
After outcry,Boris Johnson defends 24/7 electronic monitoring of asylum seekers

After outcry,Boris Johnson defends 24/7 electronic monitoring of asylum seekers

Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain has defended his government’s plans to electronically tag asylum-seekers who cross the English Channel.

  • byEuan Ward