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Rwanda is not a safe country for refugees

Letter: Margaret Owen describes the county’s unemployment crisis, brutal suppression of opposition and unlawful invasion into neighbouring DRC

The Guardian - UK

UK Government launches appeal bid over Rwanda deportation policy

The UK Government has lodged a bid to take a legal battle over its Rwanda deportation policy to the UK’s highest court.

The National (Scotland)

Government lodges bid to take Rwanda legal battle to Supreme Court

Ministers want to challenge a ruling by appeal judges that its deportation policy plans are unlawful.

The Independent UK

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Government will make ‘robust arguments before the Supreme Court’ on Rwanda plan

Proposals by Rishi Sunak’s administration to send migrants to Rwanda were dealt another blow recently after the Court of Appeal found it was unlawful.

The Independent UK

UK ministers planning on ‘trafficking’ people to Rwanda, says bishop

Rose Hudson-Wilkin, bishop of Dover, calls for compassionate treatment of those seeking asylum in UK

The Guardian - UK

Get ready for a reprise of the Enemies of the People show: it’s all Sunak has got left

Their plans in disarray, the Tories will fight the next election pointing blame yet again at judges, clerics and ‘leftie lawyers’, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Boosted UK legal aid rates ‘not enough’ to deal with Rwanda asylum cases

15% rise ministers are considering would not address severe shortage of immigration lawyers, says Law Society

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Rish! finds the liaison committee forgiving under Bernard’s watch

Committee chair Bernard Jenkin ensures attempts to grill the prime minister never get very far

The Guardian - UK

Sunak doubles down on controversial Rwanda plan and vows ‘vigorous’ fight ahead

PM insists his plan to stop the boats was not on hold

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak feels pressure over ‘five key pledges’ as he denies ‘stop the boats’ promise on hold amid Rwanda court battle

Prime Minister also tells MPs he is ‘throwing everything’ at inflation on the six-month anniversary of setting his five priorities for the nation

Evening Standard

Sunak says his ‘stop the boats’ pledge isn’t on hold amid Rwanda court battles

The Prime Minister was under pressure on the six-month anniversary of setting his five priorities for the nation.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak angrily defends Commons absences in session with MPs

Prime minister accused at liaison committee hearing of not turning up to PMQs and avoiding sensitive votes

The Guardian - UK

Paisley comes together for Refugee Festival Scotland events

A series of events were held in the town recently.

Daily Record

Met investigating two Tory Partygate allegations - but no further action over Chequers events – as it happened

Two events being investigated both took place in 2020, police say

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Rishi Sunak's migration plans suffer brutal mauling as Lords inflict 11 defeats

The onslaught in the upper chamber came just a week after the Government's defeat at the Court of Appeal over plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

The Independent UK

Small boats bill ripped apart in Lords as peers say government living ‘in cloud cuckoo land’

Peer says aim of detaining and deporting small boat migrants ‘not based on reality’ as Lords add protections for pregnant women, children and LGBT+ people

Bristol Post

Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire under fire for failing to condemn Rwanda policy

She was unable to say in a BBC interview if Labour would stop the flights, although later confirmed the party would ditch the plan

The Independent UK

Hundreds of modern slavery cases on hold after Home Office admits ‘unlawful’ guidance

Suella Braverman’s lawyers conceded legal challenge from people refused protection under new ‘objective evidence’ test

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The Conversation

It could cost the taxpayer £169,000 to deport each migrant to Rwanda – and possibly even more

The Home Office has revealed how much it believes it will cost to send migrants arriving in the UK to Rwanda – a staggering £169,000 per person. This estimate is even more surprising when you consider that one of the aims of the government’s migration policy is to stop spending…

The Guardian - UK

Let’s cheer a Rwanda court victory. But the cruel and punitive policy lives on

Suella Braverman’s plan to outsource refugees has been ruled illegal, yet this is a fragile win

The Independent UK

Top Tories urge Rishi Sunak to use cabinet reshuffle to get a grip on warring party

Prime minister has spent the week beset by crises, from Boris Johnson’s Partygate fallout to a quitting minister and failed Rwanda policy

The Independent UK

Get Rwanda done: Johnson warns of delays to scheme amid court battle

Boris Johnson said it was time to ‘get Rwanda done’, as he warned that the legal row over the scheme could ground flights until 2025.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson tells Rishi Sunak to override court on Rwanda deportation scheme

PM’s predecessor urges him to change the law after court of appeal shoots down policy

The National (Scotland)

The Worst of Westminster: Illegal Rwanda plan and an unlikely podcast duo

Worst of Westminster June 30

The National (Scotland)

Tories 'stripping the humanity' of refugees by treating them as numbers, blasts MSP

THE UK Government is “stripping the humanity” of refugees by treating them as numbers, a committee convener has said.

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