Rwanda

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper at the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London. Credit: Benjamin Cremel/PA Wire

Yvette Cooper says officers have made 'significant seizures' of smugglers' boats

Former home secretary James Cleverly speaking at his Conservative Party leadership campaign event at the Old War Office. Credit: James Manning/PA Wire

Tory leadership: James Cleverly pledges to reinstate Rwanda plan if elected

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper outside BBC Broadcasting House in London. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Solving the migrant crisis is going to require hard graft - Yvette Cooper

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross.

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clash over Rwanda as election campaigns kick off

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a Q&A. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Immigration a key election battleground but won't be clear cut

Small boats and engines used by people thought to be migrants are inspected by Border Force officials in Dover, Kent. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Emotion getting in the way of evidence on boat crossings - YP Letters

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch

Rishi Sunak is safe even if local elections goes badly, cabinet minister says

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference, at the Downing Street Briefing Room, in central London, on April 22, 2024 regarding the Britain and Rwanda treaty to transfer illegal migrants to the African country.

PM says asylum seeker flights to Rwanda will take off "in 10 to 12 weeks"

Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration Michael Tomlinson (left) and Home Secretary James Cleverly, attend a press conference in Downing Street, London, held by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after he saw the Safety of Rwanda Bill pass its third reading in the House of Commons. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Rwanda policy shows Government has zero regard for value for money - YP Letters

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

The migrant crisis is an unfolding humanitarian tragedy

A view of small boats and engines used to cross the Channel by people thought to be migrants. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

The real issue with immigration isn’t small boat crossings - YP Letters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a press conference after the Safety of Rwanda Bill passes its third reading in the House of Commons. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

The Rwanda Bill is an attempt at distraction - Yorkshire Post Letters

Bradford City Hall is the home of Bradford Council. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Council must look at its expenditure before blaming government - YP Letters

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill passes its third reading after Tory rebels backed down. Picture: Christopher Furlong/PA Wire

Rwanda Bill: Rishi Sunak's bill passes third reading after Tory rebels back down

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (centre) during his visit to meet British troops at Tapa forward operating Nato base, near the Russian border in Estonia. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

The next General Election may not be a two-horse race - Jayne Dowle

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to pupils in a year one maths class during a visit to the Wren Academy school in Finchley, north London. PIC: Richard Pohle/The Times /PA Wire

How can Sunak run the country when his own party is a rabble? - Andrew Vine

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer gives a keynote speech marking the four-year anniversary of the 2019 election. PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

The Tories tearing themselves apart gives Starmer a free run - Bill Carmichael

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves Dorland House in London after giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

The Rwanda mess has left Rishi Sunak on shaky ground - Jayne Dowle

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, London, where he insisted his new Rwanda legislation "blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights". PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Why the Rwanda migrants plan is unworkable - Yorkshire Post Letters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, where he insisted his new Rwanda legislation "blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights". PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

The Government has tied itself in knots over Rwanda legislation - The YP says

Bird Lovegod has his say

Black Friday and my quiet protest against over-consumption: Bird Lovegod

Happy Black Friday. That sounds like a cartoon punchline, a cynical greeting card, an episode of Black Mirror, or an ancient curse.

Bird Lovegod

Doncaster Conservative MP Nick Fletcher

Tory MP blames 'champagne sipping socialists' in latest anti-immigration rant

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a press conference in Downing Street.

Rishi Sunak promises emergency legislation to get Rwanda flights off by spring

Rishi Sunak and his new Foreign Secretary David Cameron attend a Cabinet meeting inside 10 Downing Street.

Suella Braverman hits out at Rishi Sunak ahead of pivotal Supreme Court ruling

Suella Braverman's recent comments are cause for concern, says Jayne Dowle

Braverman's alarming attack on human rights risks hurting us all: Jayne Dowle

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, onboard an RNLI Dungeness Lifeboat, following a small boat incident in the Channel. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

The migrant crisis requires a middle ground approach - The Yorkshire Post says

Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has been ruled unlawful by the UK’s Court of Appeal. Credit: Tom Pilgrim/PA Wire

Government to appeal court ruling on unlawful Rwanda policy

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on his way to take part in the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Government's bid to deport migrants to Rwanda thwarted by Court of Appeal

Three judges have overturned a ruling, which previously said Rwanda could be considered a ‘safe third country’.

Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ruled ‘unlawful’

Boris Johnson ‘squared up’ to King Charles over Rwanda policy, according to former press chief

Boris Johnson ‘squared up’ to Charles over ‘appalling’ Rwanda policy

Suella Braverman. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images.

The Illegal Migration Bill won't address asylum numbers - Mikhail Korneev

The Home Office has confirmed it has leased a barge to accommodate around 500 migrants in Portland, Dorset. PIC: Bibby Marine Ltde/PA Wire

Preventing migrants from working doesn’t make sense - Andy Brown

The average age of people in Britain is 40.6 years. Any society with a lot of older people and few young people to support them tends to struggle. It becomes hard to find enough working people to look after those who need some small but significant help to remain in their own homes or a great deal of long term daily care in specialist accommodation.

Andy Brown

Suella Braverman listens on as prime minister Rishi Sunak announces the Illegal Migration Bill

Deportation flights to Rwanda could be started “by the summer”

'The Home Secretary said that at the present rate, 80,000 could cross in 2023'. PIC: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

Focus should be on the boats to tackle the migrant crisis - Dr Alan Billings

Home Secretary Suella Braverman making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London. Ms Braverman has said she is "committed" to making the plan to send migrants to Rwanda work after the High Court ruled that the policy is lawful. Several challenges were brought against the proposals announced by then-home secretary Priti Patel in April, which she described as a "world-first agreement" with the east African nation in a bid to deter migrants from crossing the Channel. Picture date: Monday December 19, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS Rwanda. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/PA Wire

High Court rules Rwanda policy as lawful

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 19: A 'Stand up to Racism' campaigner outside the Royal Courts of Justice on December 19, 2022 in London, England. London's High Court has ruled that the government's Rwanda deportation scheme is lawful after the initial flight was halted at the last minute by the European Court Of Human Rights. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Charities could appeal High Court decision on 'lawful' Rwanda policy

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was "committed" to making the plan work. PIC: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Compassion and care needed over asylum policy - The Yorkshire Post says

Stand Up To Racism campaigners hold banners outside the High Court in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful, rules High Court

The Rugabano tea factory surrounded by tea plants in Rwanda. Picture: Paul Broadie.

'There is so much good you can do for the livelihoods of people with tea'

Cricketers linked to Rwanda's Sorwathe tea factory at Gahanga Stadium. Picture: Don Mugisha.

'It's a dream come true': How Yorkshire Tea is changing lives in Rwanda

Daxa Patel sat on her father's memorial bench in Golden Acre park in Leeds.

Sending refugees to Rwanda the extent of Braverman's aspirations? - Daxa Patel

Refugees fleeing from Ukraine to the Polish border

Leeds-born Refugees Minister says "job done" and quits

Rwanda sceheme backed by Truss part of stain on nation - Yorkshire Post Letters

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries. Pic: Getty.

Curious case of Church intervention in the Channel 4 sell-off - David Behrens

Home Secretary Priti Patel. Picture: PA.

Refugees contribute positively to the UK despite trauma - Dr Abdul Bary Malik

A planned deportation flight to Rwanda was cancelled following successful legal challenges.

British judges also blocked Rwanda flight deportations at 11th hour

A Boeing 767 aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, which is believed to be the plane that had been due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda.

First Rwanda deportation flight cancelled after last-minute legal challenges

The Government's deportation plan has caused controversy and led to protests

Rwanda deportations 'an immoral policy that shames Britain', Archbishops warn

The government announced in April that they would process people seeking asylum in Britain 4,500 miles away in Rwanda in an effort to crack down on unauthorised migration. Photo by Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Government's Rwanda policy puts vulnerable refugees at risk - William Gomes

Boris Johnson.

Underpaid workers suffer indignity while PM debases office - Andy McDonald MP

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury before delivering his Easter Sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on April 17, 2022 in Canterbury, England. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Church and state ties not relevant in a modern society - GP Taylor

The former RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse

Linton-on-Ouse asylum seeker processing centre 'pivotal for Rwanda plan'

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel.

Tory MP backs church leaders on right to criticise Rwanda asylum plan

The Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishops' intervention over Rwanda asylum plan show that policy needs further...

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell has criticised Government plans to send asylum seekers to live in Rwanda.

Archbishop of York condemns 'depressing and distressing' Rwanda plan on refugees

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby carries a wooden cross during the Walk of Witness at St Mary's Church, Sellindge, Kent, as he carries out his Holy Week engagements.

Rwanda asylum plan ‘cannot stand up to judgment of God’, says Archbishop

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Ken

Plan to send refugees to Rwanda would be breach of human rights, UN expert says

Home Secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan minister for foreign affairs and international co-operation, Vincent Biruta. Photo: Flora Thompson/PA Wire

Questions over asylum strategy - The Yorkshire Post says

The village of Linton-on-Ouse, near York

Yorkshire village set to be home to reception centre for asylum seekers

Certain destinations have been banned from travelling to the UK in order to stop the spread of the new South African coronavirus variant (Photo: Shutterstock)

More destinations added to the mandatory hotel quarantine list - including Dubai