Rwanda

Bird Lovegod has his say

Black Friday and my quiet protest against over-consumption: 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

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
Why do some women feel the need to be aggressive and confrontational? I mean what is it that they feel they need to prove? I am of course referring to some forceful female characters that put the rest of the female population to shame.

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'
Controversial plans for a new asylum seeker processing centre in a small North Yorkshire village are pivotal to “delivering” the Government's Rwanda deal, which aims to stop deaths during Channel crossings, Boris Johnson has suggested.

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

Although only discovered at the end of the 19th century, evidence suggests tuberculosishas been infecting humans for thousands of years. Photo credit: other

Yorkshire scientists take step towards finding a cure for tuberculosis

Meghan Markle during her visit to Rwanda.

The charity work Meghan will now leave behind her

Pic credit: Jonathan Gregson.

Hitting hatred for six

The captain of the Rwanda womenÂ’s cricket team, Mary Maina, is pictured with children on the Mahama refugee camp after an introductory cricket session. The sport is being used to provide valuable recreation to some of the 55,000 refugees, who are mainly from Burundi and live at the camp on RwandaÂ’s border with Tanzania.
Picture Paul Jeeves

Game on to change lives

Michael Vaughan plays in a special match to open the new 1m cricket ground in Rwanda.

The Yorkshire Post says: The power of cricket shines through as Yorkshire and Rw...

Faustin Rukundo and Violette Uwamahoro with baby Gideon at their home in Beeston

Joy as Leeds mother reunited with her family after arrest in Rwanda gives birth ...

Mother held in Rwanda faces future in jail

Elizabeth Truss, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

British food unit will help food producers take on the world, vows Truss

Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu

Sentamu in new plea to PM over victims of IS terrror

‘Cannibal’ warlord says UK jail sentence breaches human rights

Former spy chief faces Rwanda genocide trial

Live bullets in costume for anti-war play

Louise Healy encounters gorillas in Rwanda

Gorillas in our midst

Greening halts UK aid to Rwanda

UK hints at axing aid to Rwanda over links with Congolese rebels

Fast decision was desk clearing says Minister

Aid education scheme ‘fails to teach three Rs’

City’s Holocaust Memorial Day event

Birthday idea that became a community lifeline

Time and tea help to heal Rwanda’s grim scars