PM’s press conference follows criticism from Braverman and the resignation of Robert JenrickRishi Sunak says he is holding this press conference to explain why the government is publishing its Rwanda bill.He says he is the child of immigrants. He under…
PM’s press conference follows criticism from Braverman and the resignation of Robert Jenrick
Rishi Sunak says he is holding this press conference to explain why the government is publishing its Rwanda bill.
He says he is the child of immigrants. He understands why people want to come to the UK.
Continue reading...Ex-immigration minister and other rightwing rebels fear deportation policy will face more legal challengesUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s government was plunged into further crisis when the immigration minister quit just hours after the …
Ex-immigration minister and other rightwing rebels fear deportation policy will face more legal challenges
Rishi Sunak’s government was plunged into further crisis when the immigration minister quit just hours after the prime minister tabled a bill to save his Rwanda deportation policy.
Robert Jenrick stood down after it was revealed that the legislation did not allow the government to override international laws which have stopped the government from sending asylum seekers to central Africa.
Continue reading...Emergency legislation stops short of leaving European convention on human rights and will infuriate Tory hard rightUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak aims to block UK human rights laws in an effort to revive the government’s faltering plans t…
Emergency legislation stops short of leaving European convention on human rights and will infuriate Tory hard right
Rishi Sunak aims to block UK human rights laws in an effort to revive the government’s faltering plans to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda.
An emergency bill published on Wednesday will assert that ministers have the power to ignore judgments that come from Strasbourg while stopping short of leaving or “disapplying” the European convention on human rights.
Continue reading...Former home secretary urges PM to block all human rights laws used to halt deportation flightsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Conservative party faces “electoral oblivion in a matter of months” unless ministers block all human rights laws used to …
Former home secretary urges PM to block all human rights laws used to halt deportation flights
The Conservative party faces “electoral oblivion in a matter of months” unless ministers block all human rights laws used to halt deportation flights to Rwanda, Suella Braverman has told MPs.
In a personal statement to the Commons, the former home secretary urged Rishi Sunak to build at pace “nightingale” detention centres and stop all legal challenges using domestic and international laws.
Continue reading...PMQs clash comes as Suella Braverman expected to heavily criticise government’s immigration plansUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s government has been accused by Keir Starmer of giving Rwanda “hundreds of millions of pounds for nothing in …
PMQs clash comes as Suella Braverman expected to heavily criticise government’s immigration plans
Rishi Sunak’s government has been accused by Keir Starmer of giving Rwanda “hundreds of millions of pounds for nothing in return” following the signing of a deportation treaty.
In a clash at prime minister’s questions, the Labour leader mocked the treaty, signed on Tuesday, saying the Rwandan government of President Paul Kagame had seen the prime minister coming “a mile off”.
Continue reading...Cries of ‘where is Robert?’ heard from Labour benches, as James Cleverly announces Rwanda bill in CommonsHugo Keith KC is questioning Johnson.He asks if Johnson’s approach has been to give all relevant material to the inquiry.I understand the feelings …
Cries of ‘where is Robert?’ heard from Labour benches, as James Cleverly announces Rwanda bill in Commons
Hugo Keith KC is questioning Johnson.
He asks if Johnson’s approach has been to give all relevant material to the inquiry.
I understand the feelings of these victims and their families and I am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and suffering of those victims and their families.
Continue reading...Ban on bringing dependants has raised fears that England’s care staff shortage will only worsenIt’s sunnier in Dubai, the visa lasts longer in the US and the wages are better in Canada. Many foreign care workers had already been thinking of quitting Br…
Ban on bringing dependants has raised fears that England’s care staff shortage will only worsen
It’s sunnier in Dubai, the visa lasts longer in the US and the wages are better in Canada. Many foreign care workers had already been thinking of quitting Britain for similar jobs elsewhere before the home secretary announced on Monday that dependants of new applicants would no longer be welcome.
Experts say the move, effective from next spring, will only make England’s severe care staff shortage worse amid international competition for people willing to look after society’s most vulnerable on low pay.
Continue reading...Seventeen groups issue statement sounding alarm at migration laws agreed by most EU membersThe EU risks opening the door to increased discrimination and racial profiling in what is being described as a “potentially irreversible attack” on the internati…
Seventeen groups issue statement sounding alarm at migration laws agreed by most EU members
The EU risks opening the door to increased discrimination and racial profiling in what is being described as a “potentially irreversible attack” on the international system offering asylum and refugee protection, human rights organisations have said.
Seventeen NGOs have together sounded the alarm before what is expected to be one of the final meetings on the text of a package of controversial new migration laws already agreed by most EU leaders.
Continue reading...Seventeen groups issue statement sounding alarm at migration laws agreed by most EU membersThe EU risks opening the door to increased discrimination and racial profiling in what is being described as a “potentially irreversible attack” on the internati…
Seventeen groups issue statement sounding alarm at migration laws agreed by most EU members
The EU risks opening the door to increased discrimination and racial profiling in what is being described as a “potentially irreversible attack” on the international system offering asylum and refugee protection, human rights organisations have said.
Seventeen NGOs have together sounded the alarm before what is expected to be one of the final meetings on the text of a package of controversial new migration laws already agreed by most EU leaders.
Continue reading...Centrist Tories want PM to stick by UK’s human rights obligations while those on the right want new bill to override themTory MPs are at loggerheads as competing factions engage in last-minute lobbying efforts to try to change Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rw…
Centrist Tories want PM to stick by UK’s human rights obligations while those on the right want new bill to override them
Tory MPs are at loggerheads as competing factions engage in last-minute lobbying efforts to try to change Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda legislation before it is published in the coming days.
The prime minister is due to announce a new bill as soon as this week, which Downing Street says will deal with concerns raised last month by the supreme court over the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to east Africa. It follows the signing of a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday by the home secretary, James Cleverly, in Kigali.
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