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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

Reform UK's deputy leader Ben Habib appeared to suggest migrants should be left to drown in the English Channel in comments that horrified an interviewer on Tuesday, 23 April. It came after a seven-year-old girl was among five migrants who died as th ...

Ben Habib said asylum seekers attempting to reach Britain in small boats should ‘suffer the consequences’ of trying to reach the UK in small boats

Home secretary said he was being ‘a bit clunky with my phraseology’

As David Cameron learned to his cost over Brexit, voters don’t judge politicians on policy, they judge on results, says Henry Hill of ConservativeHome

Ministers are braced for legal challenges to the rwanda plan and the judiciary has made 25 courtrooms available to deal with cases.