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Calls to ‘close the border’ are an uncomfortable contradiction to Brexit-era efforts to avoid a hard border at all costs.
An expert on immigration law explains the latest developments with the safety of Rwanda bill.
The government is attempting to overrule the supreme court by passing a new law.
There was only one case of a government losing a vote on a second reading in all of the 20th century.
We haven’t heard the last of plans to ship off the UK’s asylum seekers.
The UK government is briefing that a remote patch of land in the South Atlantic could become a processing hub for people crossing the Channel in small boats.
Migration arrangements like the Rwanda plan have existed for well over a century.
The maths behind this number, explained.
This judgment is a victory for refugees and the organisations that support them.
Misconceptions about sexuality and religion could put asylum seekers facing deportation to Rwanda in danger.
Short-term Home Office facilities are holding people seeking refuge in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and for far too long. This crisis has political roots.
The court blocked the UK from deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda until after cases in the UK are decided.
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