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Chelsea flower show hosts garden designed to help survivors of torture

Charity that challenged UK’s Rwanda policy helps create space designed to evoke happier memories of homelands

The Guardian - UK

UK starts detaining asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda

Government expects to deport 5,700 people to Rwanda this year, but rights groups ready to mount new legal challenge.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda’s sacking of footballer adds to fears over UK’s ‘immoral’ asylum seekers plan

The suspension of a Congolese player for a gun gesture referring to conflict in DRC raises questions over government’s refugee policy

The Guardian - UK

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Facing discrimination for being gay should not justify asylum in UK – Braverman

The Home Secretary will use a speech in the US to suggest that being discriminated against for being gay should not warrant refugee status.

The Independent UK

Norwich man cycling 50 miles a day from London to Glasgow for charity

Matt Ludford is cycling around 600 miles over 12 days between five Freedom From Torture centres.

The Independent UK

Campaigners call for ‘compassion’ in asylum policy following Channel deaths

Opposition MPs said the tragedy highlighted the need for action to prevent dangerous crossings being made.

The Independent UK

Lee Anderson’s ‘f*** off back to France’ remark risks making Tories ‘even nastier party’

Backlash builds as deputy Tory chairman branded ‘fascist’ and ‘pound shop Enoch Powell’

The Independent UK

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We knew it and thank God judges agree: Suella Braverman’s ‘cash for humans’ plan is immoral – and illegal

Every day we hear about the fear and trauma this dirty deal has caused among vulnerable people, says Sonya Sceats, chief executive of Freedom from Torture

The Guardian - UK

Man cycles around London in heart shape for Refugee Week

Tom Hashemi, 35, mapped out his route in advance before embarking on the ‘hot, busy, trafficky’ three-hour ride.

The Independent UK

Protesters target Suella Braverman's office with brutal 'wrong side of history' plaque

Charity Freedom from Torture fixed a mocked-up blue plaque declaring that the Home Secretary had 'closed the door' on refugees as her Illegal Migration Bill comes under fire in the House of Lords

Daily Mirror

Court of Appeal to hear challenge against plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

People from countries including Iran, Iraq and Syria are aiming to overturn High Court rulings made in December.

The Independent UK

'It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.' First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities.

The Conversation

Braverman criticised for shutting out Guardian and BBC from Rwanda trip

Home secretary accused of rewarding favourable coverage on visit aimed at reinforcing government’s migration plan

The Guardian - UK

Government prepares to unveil new powers to ‘stop the boats’

The legislation, promised as part of Government efforts to tackle illegal migration, could come as soon as Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Watch in full as Suella Braverman tells Holocaust survivor she won’t apologise for migrant rhetoric

Home Office asked charity Freedom From Torture to take down edited video show Home Secretary’s response

Evening Standard

Charity refuses to delete clip of Holocaust survivor confronting Suella Braverman

Freedom From Torture posted a minute-long clip of Suella Braverman’s exchange with Joan Salter at a meeting in Fareham, Hampshire, on Friday evening

The Independent UK

Charity refuses to delete clip of Holocaust survivor confronting Home Secretary

Freedom From Torture posted a minute-long clip of Suella Braverman’s exchange with Joan Salter at a meeting in Fareham, Hampshire, on Friday evening.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office seeks to remove video of Holocaust survivor confronting Home Secretary

THE Home Office has asked charity Freedom from Torture to remove a video showing UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman telling a Holocaust survivor…

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The Independent UK

New migrant measures treat asylum seekers like criminals, campaigners say

The five-point plan, which includes ramping up immigration raids and housing migrants in disused holiday parks, was described as ‘deeply disturbing’.

The Guardian - UK

Britain is a ‘bifurcated place nowadays’, says Julian Barnes

Author and patron for torture-survivor charity criticises politicians for encouraging ‘mean-spiritedness’

The National (Scotland)

'Braverman Centre for Cruelty': Refugee centre 'renamed' in protest against Home Office

ASYLUM rights campaigners have taken a swipe at the “cruelty” of the UK Government towards migrants with a creative protest at an immigration…

Bristol Post

The Bristol 3D print shop that helped to halt Rwanda deportations

"I like to think that we had a small part to play in their downfall."

Wales Online

Suella Braverman urged to tackle refugee ‘backlog’ with safe routes

The Home Secretary has been sent an open letter calling for a 'kind and effective system' for those seeking asylum in the UK

The Independent UK

Charities urge Home Secretary to tackle refugee ‘backlog’ with safe routes

More than 110 charities have signed an open letter to Suella Braverman, calling for a ‘kind and effective system’ for those seeking asylum in the UK

The National (Scotland)

Rwanda plan airline pulls out of plan to deport asylum seekers after dogged campaign

THE airline contracted to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda has pulled out of the contract with the Home Office.

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