LONDON (AP) — A scrapped plan by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda was the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen,” the U.K.’s new home secretary said Monday as she put the cost at 700 million pounds ($904 million) in public...
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Rwanda says it is aware of the UK’s intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government says it is aware of the United Kingdom’s intention to terminate its plan to deport asylum-seekers to the East African country. In a statement late Monday, the office of the Rwandan government spokesman said the deal had been initiated by the UK “to address the crisis of irregular migration...
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6 things UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to fix in his first month
Relations with nations and regions The new prime minister has immediately embarked on a tour of Britain’s devolved nations to seek a “reset” of relations with the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Discussing the four-nations tour at his press conference Saturday, Starmer said he wanted not just to meet the first ministers...
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Asylum seekers at RAF base taken on shopping trips after violence breaks out
Asylum seekers being housed at an RAF base in Essex have been taken on a shopping trip over fears that violence could break out. Photographs have emerged of asylum seekers boarding a white minibus after being taken on a trip 15 minutes down the road to nearby Braintree from MDP Wethersfield. The news of the...