Legal and logistic battles await the UK government’s untested asylum plan now that is has reached the parliamentary finishing line

Watch live as Rishi Sunak meets Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk at a military base in Warsaw on Tuesday, 23 April, after his controversial Rwanda bill was given the green light in parliament.

Migrants were rescued while crossing the English Channel and brought to Dover on Tuesday 23 April, hours after the UK approved the migrant deportation bill. Footage from Sky News showed the UK Border Force vessel approaching the small crowded boat to ...

A Tory immigration minister was grilled on immigration figures as migrants were seen travelling through the Channel on a boat live on air. Michael Tomlinson was questioned on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, 23 April, after Rishi Sunak’s controversial Rwa ...

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said not a single asylum seeker will go to Rwanda under a Labour government. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration Bill) cleared parliament shortly after midnight today (23 April) after peers backed down ...

Man worked as assistant to Maximilian Krah, top candidate in European parliament elections, say prosecutors

Rights commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages

Five migrants have died in an attempt to cross the English Channel just hours after Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill was passed by parliament.

In today’s newsletter: After months of wrangling, parliament passed the government’s controversial plan to tackle small boats

Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east Africa

Migrants planning to enter Britain from France illegaly have insisted they will not be put off by the threat of being flown to Rwanda. Prime minister Rishi Sunak said flights to Rwanda have been booked and will take off by July, “no ifs, no buts ...

Watch live as Rishi Sunak’s controversial Rwanda bill faces a final parliamentary showdown on Monday, 22 April.

The two men have been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later this month

The first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks, Rishi Sunak has today said (22 April). The prime minister said “enough is enough” as he said MPs and peers would sit through the night if necessary to get the Safety ...

‘parliament will sit there tonight and vote, no matter how late it goes; no ifs, no buts, these flights are going to Rwanda,’ Rishi Sunak told a press conference ahead of the Lords showdown

Rishi Sunak held a press conference ahead of Monday’s crunch Rwanda vote in parliament

As crucial parliamentary vote due to be held, PM blames Labour and Lords for delays to flagship policy

Weeks of parliamentary back-and-forth are set to come to a head on Monday night.

Weeks of parliamentary back-and-forth are set to come to a head on Monday night

Watch live as European Union foreign ministers arrive in Luxembourg for a meeting to discuss the situations in the Middle East and Ukraine on Monday, 22 April.