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MPs blame passport ‘chaos’ for nine-hour phone waits and missed family events

One MP told the House of Commons that a constituent had been waiting since before Christmas for a new passport.

The Independent UK

Home Office minister admits he can't show if Rwanda scheme will curb Channel crossings

It comes after the British Red Cross and the Refugee Council warned of some asylum seekers in Britain going into hiding in fear of being sent to Rwanda.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine refugees who enter UK via Ireland may be sent to Rwanda, MPs told

Minister also refuses to say whether Ukrainians who cross Channel in small boats could be sent to Africa

The Guardian - UK

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Tory minister fails to show evidence Rwanda scheme will cut Channel crossings

A HOME Office minister has failed to provide any evidence that the Government’s controversial Rwanda scheme would reduce the number of people…

The National (Scotland)

Minister refuses to rule out that Ukrainian refugees could be deported to Rwanda

Tom Pursglove also indicates Afghans who served with British Army could face removal under policy

The Independent UK

Home Office unable to show evidence Rwanda policy will cut Channel crossings

The minister for tackling illegal immigration described it as an ‘untested policy’.

The Independent UK

Tory MPs reject bid to give parliament say over asylum offshoring amid backlash to Rwanda deal

Labour calls plan ‘extortionate, unworkable and profoundly un-British’

The Independent UK

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Tory MPs raise concerns over Rwanda asylum seeker plan as flagship Bill debated

The Nationality and Borders Bill would allow the Government to send asylum seekers and migrants to the African country.

The Independent UK

'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

Wales Online

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan breaches international law, says UN refugee agency

The UNHCR ‘strongly condemns’ policy of sending migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully more than 4,000 miles to Africa

The Independent UK

UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

The Guardian - UK

GMB host Kate Garraway forced to apologise after asylum seeker comment

An interview with the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove got rather heated on Friday's Good Morning Britain

Chronicle Live

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan policy against international law, says UN

The UNHCR said it ‘strongly condemns’ the plan to send migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully, to Africa.

The Independent UK

Sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda will save money, claims minister

Claim about long-term benefits disputed by MP Andrew Mitchell who describes reported cost of £30,000 a person as ‘eye-watering’

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The Independent UK

UK says Rwanda flights to start in weeks; critics slam plan

The British government says it plans to start putting asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda within weeks

Chronicle Live

‘Would you live in Rwanda?’: Interview on asylum seeker plan grows heated as GMB’s Adil Ray grills minister

‘If it’s not good enough for you, why is it good enough for a Syrian or Afghan refugee?’ Adil asked the MP

Manchester Evening News

Rwanda plans 'inhumane' amid claims it's cheaper to put asylum seekers in Ritz for a YEAR than send them 4,000 miles to Africa

Critics have lambasted the plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Wales Online

Minister defends move to deploy Royal Navy for English Channel migrant boat patrols

Migration minister Tom Pursglove said the service had been brought in to prevent small boats containing migrants from landing on Britain’s beaches

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Daily Record

'Would you live in Rwanda?' Tory minister scolded by GMB host over government's asylum seeker plan

Tom Pursglove was asked repeatedly by Good Morning Britain host Adil Ray if he would live in Rwanda, however he refused to answer the question.

The Independent UK

Sending migrants to Rwanda will save UK money in the long term, says minister

But a senior Tory critic said it would be cheaper to put each migrant up in The Ritz for a year than transfer them to central Africa.

Daily Mirror

Kate Garraway forced to apologise for asylum seeker comment on GMB as Adil Ray fumes

Kate Garraway was hosting Friday's edition of Good Morning Britain alongside Adil Ray when she made a self-confessed 'factual error' whilst discussing refugees fleeing Rwanda last year

The Independent UK

Rwandan asylum seeker plan ‘immoral and impractical’, former Tory cabinet minister says

‘It would actually be cheaper to put each asylum seeker in the Ritz hotel in London’

Liverpool Echo

GMB's Adil Ray grills MP on asylum seekers being sent to Rwanda in heated interview

Adil repeatedly asked 'would you live in Rwanda?'

Daily Mirror

Tory minister confronted over his OWN government's Rwanda warnings in car crash interview

Home Office minister Tom Pursglove complained there were 'appalling stereotypes' about Rwanda - so Sky News immediately read out his own government's travel advice

The Independent UK

Nearly 400 people arrive in UK after crossing Channel in small boats on Monday

Girl with no shoes among hundreds who arrived on UK shores after crossing from France

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