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Archbishop of Canterbury hits out at Government plan to send migrants to Rwanda

The measures have faced a fierce backlash from opposition parties

Nottingham Post

Home Office quietly publishes top official's Rwanda refugees warning to Priti Patel

Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a rare 'ministerial direction' for the Rwanda plan to go ahead after official Matthew Rycroft said he couldn't get 'sufficient evidence' it will deter Channel crossings

Daily Mirror

Rwanda civil war orphans left homeless to make way for UK asylum seekers

Orphans of Rwanda’s genocide say they have nowhere to go after being turfed out of a hostel

Wales Online

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Archbishop of Canterbury blasts Boris Johnson's 'ungodly' Rwanda refugees plan

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has staged a major intervention over Boris Johnson's plan to remove desperate refugees - saying 'sub-contracting out our responsibilities is the opposite of the nature of God'

Daily Mirror

The Observer view on Boris Johnson’s untenable leadership

Tory MPs must use their power to sack the prime minister for flouting Covid laws

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda migrants plan 'cannot stand up to judgment of God' - Archbishop of Canterbury

The Government's measures have received widespread criticism

Wales Online

Rwanda migrants plan ‘cannot stand up to judgment of God’, says archbishop

The Archbishop of Canterbury is set to condemn the Government’s plans in his Easter Sunday sermon.

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Sending migrants to Rwanda ‘a cataclysmic waste’ of taxpayers’ money, says SNP

Home affairs spokesman Stuart McDonald called on Westminster to drop the plan.

The Independent UK

Rwanda plan is ‘against the judgment of God’, says archbishop of Canterbury

Leader of the Church of England attacks asylum scheme as charities stress that children could be among those shipped to Africa

The Guardian - UK

‘Opposite of nature of God’: Archbishop of Canterbury to condemn UK’s Rwanda migrant plan in Easter sermon

Church of England’s most senior bishop accuses government of ‘sub-contracting our responsibilities’

The Independent UK

Rwanda plans which will see migrants given one-way ticket 'opposite of nature of God', Archbishop of Canterbury says

Critics have derided the plans

Manchester Evening News

UK took in asylum seekers fleeing Rwanda as policy driven by 'rank hypocrisy'

It's been revealed that thousands of Rwandans have sought asylum in European countries in the past five years - though experts believe this could be a fraction of the total number

Daily Mirror

'Priti Patel's Rwanda plan is cruel and doesn't help desperate asylum seekers'

Seeing babies rescued from the sea is something desperate. That’s why, when we talk about refugees, everyone involved needs to be treated with compassion. They are desperate and vulnerable

Daily Mirror

Rwanda genocide orphans to be booted out of home to make way for UK asylum seekers

Orphans of Rwanda’s civil war say they have nowhere to go after being turfed out of a hostel under Priti Patel's cruel Rwanda refugee scheme

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'Boris Johnson's Rwanda policy exploits the vulnerable as he tries to save his own skin'

The Rwanda policy took the front pages away from the fact the PM has been fined for breaking the law, making him the first to get a criminal sanction while in office

Tribune News Service

UK’s Rwanda plan might not deter migrants, top official says

The United Kingdom government’s push to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda may not deter enough migrants to make the effort cost effective, the Home Office official charged with assessing the plan said Saturday.

The Independent UK

UK immigration policy ‘about saving this Government’s skin’, says charity

Priti Patel unveiled the Government’s new direction over immigration this week.

Wales Online

'Cheaper to put asylum seekers in the Ritz hotel' How much the government's controversial Rwanda deal will cost

Each migrant sent to Rwanda is expected to set British taxpayers back up to £30k

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The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel could face Home Office mutiny over Rwanda asylum plan

Unions say civil servants could stage mass walkouts after home secretary overruled their concerns

The Independent UK

Priti Patel’s ‘unworkable’ Rwanda plan ‘may breach Geneva convention on refugees’

Former child refugee Alf Dubs said the plans would face opposition in the Lords.

The Independent UK

‘Awful’ Rwanda plan condemned by peer and former child refugee who says it’s ‘unlikely’ to happen

‘As soon as they try and remove one person, I’m sure there’ll be a legal challenge, and I’m not sure the government will win,’ says Lord Alf Dubs

Wales Online

Government's Rwanda plan may 'breach Geneva conventions on refugees'

Labour peer Alf Dubs said ministers would face opposition in the Lords over the plan

The Independent UK

Government’s Rwanda plan may breach Geneva conventions on refugees, says peer

Former child refugee Alf Dubs said the plans would face opposition in the Lords.

Glasgow Live

Refugee campaigners to stage Say No To Offshore Detention protest in Glasgow's George Square

Groups are to demonstrate in the city centre against "cruel and immoral" plans to send asylum seekers crossing the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda.

The Guardian - UK

Peers will fight UK government’s ‘awful’ Rwanda plans, says Lord Dubs

Exclusive: Alf Dubs, former child refugee, says sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is effectively ‘state-sponsored trafficking’

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