The prime minister was grilled about whether he would hold a summer election to capitalise on the scheme coming into effect

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 ...

Union threatens ministers with legal action amid fears staff could be obliged to breach civil service code and international law

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 ...

The government has already committed £290 million to the troubled scheme

Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt, and Grant Shapps arrived in Warsaw on Tuesday (23 April) just hours after the government’s controversial rwanda Bill was passed. The prime minister is expected to unveil an extra £500 million of military funding to Ukrain ...

A Tory immigration minister appeared to bang the table during a heated BBC Radio 4 interview discussing Rishi Sunak's controversial rwanda bill. Michael Tomlinson spoke to Mishal Husain a day after the plan to deport asylum seekers to the African nat ...

Power briefly went off in the House of Lords on Monday evening (22 April) as a peer was mid-way through a speech. Lights in the chamber flickered before going out while Lord Bellamy was speaking at the despatch box. After television screens and micro ...

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 ...

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper reiterated Labour’s promise to scrap the scheme if it wins the next election

International concern over new law increases as UN high commissioner for refugees says it marks ‘step away from UK’s tradition of providing refuge’

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

Rishi Sunak’s government has found 500 ‘highly trained’ people to escort asylum seekers to rwanda

Lords cave to pressure and withdraw final amendment to the rwanda bill

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.

After last night’s vote, they want a ‘proof of concept’ journey to get the tawdry policy back on track. But it’s too flawed for that, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

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

Rishi Sunak’s plans to deport asylum seekers to rwanda have been given the green light after Lords cave to MPs

Lords cave to pressure and withdraw final amendment to the rwanda bill