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Theresa May leads barrage of criticism for Rwanda asylum deal

Tory former PM questions ‘legality, practicality and efficacy’ of asylum deal

The Independent UK

Theresa May questions ‘legality and practicality’ of Rwanda asylum plan

Former prime minister and ‘hostile environment’ architect warns scheme could lead to increased trafficking of women and children

The Guardian - UK

English Channel crossings: The proposed solutions Priti Patel was offered before striking Rwanda deal

Priti Patel accused critics of failing to ‘offer solutions’ but ministers have rebuffed numerous official recommendations since 2019

The Independent UK

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Theresa May blasts Rwanda refugees plan in withering Commons attack on Priti Patel

Even the pioneer of the hostile environment plan questioned the plan "on the grounds of legality, practicality and efficacy"

Daily Mirror

Theresa May refuses to support Rwanda asylum policy after questioning legality

Former prime minister raises concerns over ‘legality, practicality and efficacy’ as Priti Patel defends scheme

The Independent UK

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK

UK’s anti-slavery commissioner slams ‘lack of humanity’ in Rwanda asylum deal

Exclusive: Dame Sara Thornton expresses ‘significant concern’ about plans to ship asylum seekers to Africa

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson wrong to use Brexit to justify ‘morally delinquent’ Rwanda plan, says senior Tory

‘We are better than this – or at least, we used to be’, says David Davis

The Independent UK

Ukrainian workers flee ‘modern slavery’ conditions on UK farms

Charity calls for people who arrived on seasonal work visas and are now undocumented to be offered protection

The Guardian - UK

UK minister overruled official's concerns about plan to send migrants to Rwanda

British interior minister Priti Patel overruled reservations from officials about her plan to send thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, documents published by the government on Tuesday showed.

Reuters

‘Significant risk’ child refugees will be inadvertently shipped to Rwanda under Patel’s deal, charities warn

Fears children wrongly assessed as adults will be deported to East Africa and placed at risk of abuse

The Independent UK

Labour say Tories 'soft on crime' with repeat knife offenders frequently spared jail

Keir Starmer is warning of a “victims’ crisis” with Home Office figures showing more than one in four victims gave up last year before their cases had concluded

Daily Mirror

Starmer says confidence in justice system ‘collapsed’ under Tories

Labour leader’s intervention ahead of local elections comes as PM under pressure for breaking law with lockdown party

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer: crime victims are giving up on justice under Tory rule

Labour leader criticises failing system as quarter of cases in England and Wales dropped for lack of evidence

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Faith in justice system has collapsed under Tories, Labour claims

A quarter of reported crimes are going unpunished due to victims not pursuing charges, new analysis from the party has suggested.

Evening Standard

Briton spends £3,000 on hotel for Ukrainian woman and daughter as they wait weeks for visa

A British man has spent more than £3,000 to help a woman and teenage girl who fled Ukraine and are stuck in an Amsterdam hotel awaiting a UK Visa.

The Independent UK

‘Immoral trade in human beings’: UK slammed for deporting asylum seekers in return for Rwanda refugees

Ministers also criticised for planning to send modern slavery victims to east African country despite condemning its failure to support trafficked people only last year

The Guardian - AU

Alexander Downer features in UK video promoting Britain’s ‘new plan for immigration’

Former Australian foreign minister says ‘no one will end up being able to reside in the UK if they pay a people smuggler’, in UK Home Office video

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The Independent UK

Minister denies UK is ‘outsourcing’ migrant responsibilities to Rwanda

Greg Hands echoed the Home Secretary’s challenge for critics of the plan to come up with a better idea to tackle small boat crossings.

The Guardian - UK

Lone child refugees suffering neglect in UK hotels, charities say

Charities highlight plight of hundreds of asylum-seeking children placed in hotels by Home Office

Daily Record

UK's Rwanda refugee plan is obscene, do not allow this to happen in our name

Brutal plans to off-shore asylum seekers to Rwanda are beyond cruel, writes SNP MP Alison Thewliss.

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps welcomes Ukrainian family fleeing war to his home

The family will stay in one of his children’s bedrooms while they are away at university

Al Jazeera

Top church cleric criticises UK plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda goes against God.

Manchester Evening News

Jacob Rees-Mogg defends Rwanda plans after Archbishop says they 'oppose nature of God'

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addressed the controversial immigration plans in his Easter Sunday sermon

The Independent UK

Archbishop has misunderstood aims of Rwanda migrants policy – Rees-Mogg

The Cabinet minister suggested people are ‘supporting organised crime’ in crossing the Channel in small boats.

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