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High Court refuses to block first flight to Rwanda

In a ruling on Friday, Mr Justice Swift said there was a ‘material public interest’ in the Home Secretary being able to carry out her policies.

The Independent UK

Rwanda plan ‘is in the public interest’, Home Office told court

Home Secretary Priti Patel’s department insisted the agreement with the east African nation is in the public interest.

The Independent UK

UK’s first Rwanda deportation flight given go-ahead by High Court

Campaigners ‘disappointed’ and ‘deeply concerned’ after bid to stop Tuesday’s flight fails

The Independent UK

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Priti Patel's 'false' Rwanda claims knocked back by UN in court intervention

CLAIMS Priti Patel made about the UN’s position on her plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda are “false”, a court has been told.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office made ‘false claim’ Rwanda scheme was backed by UNHCR, High Court hears

QC takes aim at ‘inaccuracies’ in government submission over legal challenge

The Independent UK

Two more migrants Rwanda deportation cancelled ahead of court ruling

It comes after the Home Office confirmed Friday morning three migrants deportation had been cancelled

The Independent UK

Home Office misled refugees about UN involvement in Rwanda plans, court told

Letters to asylum seekers assured them UNHCR was ‘closely involved’ in deportation scheme, high court hears

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Home Office drops Rwanda deportation of three asylum seekers who launched legal battle

The Home Office has dropped the deportation to Rwanda of three asylum seekers who launched legal proceedings over the controversial removals policy.

Evening Standard

Three of four asylum seekers fighting deportation will not be sent to Rwanda, says Home Office

THREE of four asylum seekers fighting deportation from the UK to Rwanda will not be sent there, the Home Office has said, after the UK Government's…

The National (Scotland)

Government’s Rwanda plan ‘is not safe’, court told

Up to 130 people have been notified they could be removed on the inaugural flight, due to take off on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Home Office cancels Rwanda deportation for three migrants

Migrants and campaign groups are seeking legal action to stop the first flight next week

The Independent UK

Cholera warning from Mariupol mayor – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 107 of the invasion

Vladimir Putin compares his actions in Ukraine to conquests of Peter the Great; Zelenskiy says Ukraine ‘holding on’ to key frontline cities in Donbas

The Guardian - UK

‘We didn’t have choice’: Thousands risk lives to cross Darien Gap

Aid workers say more health resources needed in Panama, as unprecedented numbers of refugees attempt perilous journey.

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Refugees risk exploitation, abuse in Malaysia food industry

Malaysian law does not recognise refugees so many are forced to work informally to support themselves.

Reuters

Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters 100th day

Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its 100th day on Friday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.

The Guardian - UK

UK takes in fewer Ukrainians per capita than most of Europe

Figure of 10 Ukrainian refugees per 10,000 population is lowest but one out of 28 European countries

Al Jazeera

132 asylum seekers in Rwanda after evacuation from Libya: UNCHR

The asylum seekers are from several African countries including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.

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Clear majority of people crossing Channel are refugees, says UNHCR

UN agency says most arriving in UK by small boat should not be called migrants, in challenge to Priti Patel

Reuters

Timeline: Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters 100th day on Friday

Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its 100th day on Friday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.

The Independent UK

Rwanda deportation having ‘catastrophic’ impact on asylum seekers’ wellbeing, say charities

Concerns that people threatened with removal from UK becoming suicidal and mentally unwell

The Conversation

Disparities in global empathy: why some refugees are more welcome than others

The world is accustomed to the stereotypical face of the refugee. The well-worn tropes of the Black or Brown face from post-genocide Rwanda, war-torn Somalia, or gang-ridden Honduras. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in the first half of 2021, there were more than 26.6 million…

The Conversation

Will the exodus of Ukrainians surpass the Second World War's refugee flows?

In a recent news release, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) counted more than 100 million people globally who have been displaced and forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution.

The Guardian - UK

‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border

As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before

The Independent UK

Boat carrying Rohingya fleeing Myanmar capsizes, killing 16

At least 16 people from Myanmar’s Rohingya minority have died after a storm capsized the boat they were traveling on as they sought refuge in another country

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