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The first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off due to legal rulings. Picture date: Tuesday June 14, 2022.
CHARITIES have revealed that the Home Office has continued to target asylum-seekers for deportation to Rwanda, including women, children and torture survivors.
Dozens of people are currently being held in detention pending removal to the east African nation. They include women, and children who have been wrongly assessed as adults, MPs have heard.
This suggests that the Home Office is preparing a second flight to Rwanda even though ongoing litigation means that deportations to the country must be put on hold until a decision is reached.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
A joint statement from Derby Indian Workers’ Association and Vox Feminarum/Women’s Voices
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE