Taoiseach wants to reduce arrivals through Northern Ireland amid concern that Sunak’s rwanda plan is driving people to Ireland

Supporters of the rwanda deportation scheme fail to understand the lessons of Australia

UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern Ireland

Since the rwanda policy was proposed in April 2022, not a single flight has left for the east African nation

Refugees tell Holly Bancroft about the dangerous journeys they have taken to get to Northern France - and their hope of reaching the UK

Beware of ‘Tetchy Rishi’ – the prime minister struggles to control his anger during the rwanda bill press briefing; David Harewood on acting, racism and mental health; the surprisingly simple solution to insomnia hell; and the dangerou ...

The rwanda Bill finally became an Act of Parliament on Thursday after months of pushback and debate

Home Office minister left blushing following awkward exchange on BBC Question Time

Micheál Martin says UK asylum seekers fearful of being removed to rwanda are seeking sanctuary in Ireland

Chris Philp gets confused over neighbouring countries when discussing government’s rwanda deportation policy

Tory minister Chris Philp appeared to confuse two African countries on BBC Question Time on Thursday, 25 April. The MP for Croydon South seemed to ask whether “rwanda is a different country to Congo” in response to a question from an audience mem ...

Extraordinary question during discussion of rwanda deportation plan was met with visible bewilderment from the audience

Ireland’s foreign affairs minister connected the controversial policy to Britain’s failure to control migration after Brexit

The bizarre question was met with visible bewilderment from the audience and fellow panelist Wes Streeting

Home secretary James Cleverly hit out at ‘distasteful’ and ‘lazy’ criticism of policy, but insisted he was not talking about French leader’s remarks

Such policies are ‘betrayal’ of values, says French president in speech covering defence and negative effects of Brexit

Analysis by Refugee Council reveals that even if government is successful in flying 2,000 people to rwanda by end of year, a further 115,575 asylum seekers will be left stranded in UK

Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030

Michael O’Leary said the UK government had not approached his budget airline

Five migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed when their dinghy got into trouble off the coast of France as they attempted the English Channel crossing on Tuesday morning