Tag: asylum
UK Rwanda asylum plan is legal, High Court rules – BBC News
Plans to deport asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda are lawful, the country’s High Court has ruled. In April, the Home Office announced plans to send some asylum seekers to the African country on a one-way ticket, to claim asylum there. The government says the measures would reduce numbers crossing the English Channel, but critics question Rwanda’s human rights record. A decision on…
The papers: PM's plans for asylum system and latest on strikes
The PM’s plan for the asylum system, and the rail and nurses’ strikes lead several of today’s papers. The post The papers: PM's plans for asylum system and latest on strikes appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.
Labour pledges to fast-track Albania asylum claims
The party says speeding up processing of claims from “safe” countries would help clear the backlog. The post Labour pledges to fast-track Albania asylum claims appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.
Claims of injured asylum seekers turned away from Lithuania
Lithuania has turned away thousands of refugees and migrants in the past year say human rights groups. Despite having an official policy to medically assess them first, Al Jazeera met some asylum seekers who say they had serious injuries when they were rejected. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Vilnius, Lithuania. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook…
UK court says flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead
Judges have thrown out last-gasp attempts by campaigners to stop the United Kingdom sending its first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, a plan the United Nations’ refugee chief described as “catastrophic”. Charities and a trade union had launched an appeal against the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to the East African nation after the High Court on Friday ruled the first…
Why is Britain sending asylum seekers to Rwanda? | Inside Story
Being smuggled from France to Britain by boat could earn you a one-way ticket to Rwanda. That’s the British government’s message to undocumented migrants making the dangerous voyage across the English Channel. The Prime Minister says action is needed to stop what he calls ‘vile people smugglers’. Rights groups compare it to Australia’s ‘offshore processing’ policy, which they’ve condemned as cruel and inhumane. So will…