by Esmé Kenney | Apr 22, 2024 3:01PM | Live News
Nigel Farage said that it would be unlikely that any migrants would be sent to Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, despite Sunak’s announcement this morning. The honorary leader of Reform UK said: “Just over two years ago, of course, we had the speech at Lydd Airport...
by Esmé Kenney | Apr 22, 2024 2:00PM | Live News
The House of Lords’ Amendment to the Rwanda bill will be debated at 4.15 in the House of Commons today. An urgent question on the Sudan will take place at 3.30pm, pushing back the debate on the Rwanda bill. In the press conference at 10:30 today, Sunak blamed...
by Esmé Kenney | Apr 22, 2024 11:58AM | Live News
The Refugee Council are criticising the Prime Ministers’ claims that the Rwanda policy will act as a deterrent, which he made in this morning’s press conference. Chief Executive of the Refugee Enver Solomon, said: “Even if, as the Prime Minister asserts,...
by Marti Stelling | Mar 18, 2024 1:54PM | Live News
Rishi Sunak said he still hopes to get a flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda off the ground this spring as he braced for a parliamentary showdown over the scheme. MPs are expected to reject changes made by the Lords to the Government’s Rwanda legislation, setting...
by Marti Stelling | Mar 18, 2024 12:08PM | Live News
Rishi Sunak said of the Government’s plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda: “I am still committed to the timeline that I set out previously, which is we aim to get a flight off in the spring. “It’s important that we get the Rwanda scheme up and running because we need...
