Several pro-migrant organizations are supporting legal challenges to the UK government policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. They staged a protest against the policy outside parliament this week, calling for the policy to be abolished.
After the UK’s High Court judged the policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda as lawful, NGOs quickly reacted. Some fear an acceleration of this trend on a European scale. Others want to focus their efforts on providing legal support to migrants facing deportation from the UK.
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London's High Court will decide whether Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal. A planned deportation flight in June was blocked by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Suella Braverman has returned to running the UK's domestic affairs after a six-day absence. Her return, however, has been criticized by many, who fear that under her leadership as home secretary, the UK may become less welcoming to asylum seekers and other immigrants.
A group of Tamils seeking asylum on the British-claimed Chagos Islands face being forcibly removed to a third country under Rwanda-style plans drawn up by the UK government.
Rwanda has carefully crafted an image for itself over the course of several years as the country of reception preferred by refugees from all over the world. In contrast to the laudatory articles by a padlocked local press, the reality of asylum seekers on the ground is far bleaker than it seems.
Denmark and Rwanda have signed a declaration on the possible transfer of asylum seekers. Under the deal, around 1,000 people a year may be sent to the East African country.
Nearly 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, while around 200 others were rescued and returned to France. Authorities again warned against making the dangerous journey.
The UK Home Office has enlisted two private companies to help pick up migrants in the English Channel. While one company appears to be a small enterprise, the other one is part of a large investment and consultancy firm based in the US.
Medical evidence in a report shows that the risk of suicide among asylum seekers in the UK has risen ever since the policy of sending them to Rwanda was first floated earlier in 2022.
The UK is continuing on its course of clamping down on immigration, announcing that it will be working more closely with Albanian authorities to this end. Many of the migrants who reach Britain by boat come from the small Balkan nation.