Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer faced each other ahead of Thursday’s elections in England and Wales Labour has accused Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, of championing single-sex spaces as ...
Guardian understands dozens of detentions have taken place across the UK this week, prompting demonstrations UK politics – latest updates UK ministers have acknowledged for the first time th...
Refugee Council sounds warning after children wrongly issued with notices of intent by Home office UK politics – latest updates Lone child asylum seekers are at risk of being sent to Rwanda ...
Ahmed Alhashimi’s seven-year-old daughter Sara was crushed to death after group of men rushed on to dinghy The father of a seven-year-old girl crushed to death on a small boat has said they t...
In today’s newsletter: It is the most fractious time in British-Irish relations since Brexit, as Ireland claims the Rwanda policy is pushing migrants to its borders – and increasing political...
Sudanese man being held in Croydon after arriving for routine sign-in believed to be first potential deportation under new law An asylum seeker who turned up for a routine Home Office appointme...
The London mayor, running for his third term in office, had been warning of a ‘two-horse race’ When Hilary Cass published her review of gender identity services for children, saying medical...
Asylum seekers are our neighbours, not political pawns for failing politicians. If MPs cannot resist the Rwanda plan, activists will Laws that are unjust will inevitably be broken. Here is a ba...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/30/rishi-sunak-asylum-seekers-rwanda-plan
There is still a misrepresentation of the colonial past. Without the truth of what we have been, how can we move forward? I thought I knew Britain in 1969, when I came to this country from Indi...
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza says her banning shows Rwandan government does not adhere to international law A Rwandan opposition leader who has been banned from standing for election has cast doub...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/30/rwanda-uk-asylum-deal-opposition-leader-doubts
Minister says ‘officers are used to this’, as figures suggest Home Office is in contact with only 38% of people it wants to remove The Home Office is “used to” losing contact with asylu...
Exclusive: Existing policies seem designed to push people into destitution but fail as a deterrent, cross-party report says Asylum seekers should be given the right to work after six months and...
Scotland’s first minister resigns after failing to muster enough votes to survive a no confidence vote this week Humza Yousaf steps down as Scotland’s first minister Who is in the running to...
Rishi Sunak’s rightward journey on asylum is turning the UK into a darker place The prospect of people who have come to the UK seeking asylum being deported to Rwanda has moved a step closer...
Prime minister dismisses potential deal with Dublin, increasing prospect of an escalating UK-Irish crisis Rishi Sunak has said the UK will not accept the return of asylum seekers from Ireland a...
Rescuers on Italian island say European governments must open more safe routes to claim refuge Aid workers on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is one of Europe’s busiest landing points ...
Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers ...
Taoiseach wants to reduce arrivals through Northern Ireland amid concern that Sunak’s Rwanda plan is driving people to Ireland Ireland and Britain are on a collision course over asylum seeker...
Authorities in Kigali say ‘we are ready’ to accommodate refugees as Rishi Sunak’s plan moves closer Daily interviews, an orientation session and football: this is what awaits refugees sch...
Criticism of the comments made by Ben Habib of Reform UK died down very quickly. And that’s terrifying In the hourly deluge of outrage and nonsense that passes for the national conversation, ...