Top Home Office civil servant raised objections over Rwanda asylum policy
2 years, 8 months ago

Top Home Office civil servant raised objections over Rwanda asylum policy

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Priti Patel issued a “ministerial direction” after the Home Office’s top civil servant raised objections over the multi-million pound proposal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. The Independent also understands that Ms Patel instructed the Home Office to press ahead with the policy – using a “ministerial direction” – despite an objection being raised by the permanent secretary at the department. Simple things like that.” open image in gallery David Davis suggests policy is ‘bonkers' “I understand they think they don’t need the Borders Bill to do this, which is extraordinary,” he said. You’re going to send people 6,000 miles into central Africa − it looked when it was discussed in parliament before that it would actually be cheaper to put each asylum seeker in the Ritz hotel in London.” Earlier, the UN high commissioner on refugees, Filippo Grandi, also accused the UK of “shifting its responsibilities to another country and undermining the practice of asylum globally” with the plan to process people in Rwanda.

History of this topic

Former PM Sir John Major criticises Tories’ ‘un-British’ Rwanda policy
3 months, 3 weeks ago
First the Rwanda scheme, now Labour scraps plan to hold asylum seekers on RAF site
4 months ago
UK planned to spend 10bn pounds on Rwanda deportation scheme: Home minister
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Charity launches legal action against Rwanda plan
8 months, 1 week ago
A man who failed to get asylum in the UK is said to have voluntarily flown to Rwanda
8 months, 1 week ago
First asylum seeker flown to Rwanda under voluntary relocation scheme
8 months, 1 week ago
Home Office asking civil servants to move to Rwanda
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Rwanda Bill becomes law after weeks of parliamentary deadlock
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Labour will not deport a single asylum seeker to Rwanda, Yvette Cooper confirms
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Rwanda Bill: What happens now Rishi Sunak has forced deportation plan through
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Rwanda Bill: Defiant Lords back Afghan heroes and refuse to pass Rishi Sunak’s plan to deport asylum seekers
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Government offering failed asylum-seekers thousands of pounds to move to Rwanda, under new plans
9 months, 4 weeks ago
British government watchdog says UK’s Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds
10 months, 1 week ago
MPs warn Rwanda plan ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with UK’s human rights commitment
10 months, 1 week ago
UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda incompatible with human rights, parliamentary watchdog says
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Rwanda Bill incompatible with UK’s human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Number of migrants sent to Rwanda could be ‘quite low’, home secretary admits
11 months, 1 week ago
Thousands of illegal migrants earmarked for Rwanda flights have gone awol
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Rwanda bill explained: What is the government’s controversial immigration plan?
1 year ago
Promises over treatment of asylum seekers in Rwanda ‘aspirational’, court told
1 year, 2 months ago
Tory fury as civil servants threaten strike over Rwanda policy
1 year, 7 months ago
Home Office staff could strike if forced to implement ‘unlawful’ Rwanda asylum plan
1 year, 7 months ago
UK home secretary says Rwanda is safe for asylum seekers
1 year, 9 months ago
Small boats law provoking civil service fury, internal messages reveal
1 year, 10 months ago
U.K.'s Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful, court rules
2 years ago
UK not ‘doing its bit’ for refugees, says archbishop amid Rwanda plan criticism
2 years, 2 months ago
Priti Patel blames Foreign Office for wrecking her Rwanda plans for illegal migrants
2 years, 4 months ago
Torture prevention experts condemn UK’s Rwanda migrant scheme as ‘degrading’ and illegal
2 years, 4 months ago
More asylum seekers told they could be sent to Rwanda ahead of High Court challenge
2 years, 4 months ago
Rwanda ‘not safe enough’ for asylum deal and Priti Patel must reconsider, parliamentary committee says
2 years, 5 months ago
Government officials told Priti Patel not to do asylum deal with Rwanda, court hears
2 years, 5 months ago
Protests across UK oppose ‘heinous’ Rwanda migrant deportation policy
2 years, 5 months ago
Rwanda flights delayed until September amid wait for High Court hearing and new prime minister
2 years, 5 months ago
Another blow to Home Office as Rwanda asylum seekers go untagged
2 years, 5 months ago
Government accused of ‘outrageous cover-up’ after refusing to reveal cost of Rwanda plan
2 years, 6 months ago
Refugee charities refuse Home Office call for help with ‘immoral scare campaign’ against Channel crossings
2 years, 6 months ago
Migrants will be treated with 'safety, dignity and respect', says Rwanda high commissioner
2 years, 6 months ago
Rwanda deportation having ‘catastrophic’ impact on asylum seekers, say charities
2 years, 7 months ago
Home Office admits LGBT refugees sent to Rwanda could face sexual persecution
2 years, 7 months ago
Chief Rabbi backs Archbishop of Canterbury's right to intervene on Rwanda migrant plan
2 years, 8 months ago
For many migrants, the view of Rwanda is often far from rosy
2 years, 8 months ago
Poll: What do you think of the Home Office’s Rwanda plan?
2 years, 8 months ago
Priti Patel asked for details of Rwanda policy ahead of possible legal challenge
2 years, 8 months ago
Home Office staff threaten mutiny over Priti Patel’s ‘shameful’ Rwanda deal
2 years, 8 months ago
The government’s talk of ‘safe and legal routes’ are nothing but empty words
2 years, 8 months ago
Theresa May leads barrage of criticism for Rwanda asylum deal
2 years, 8 months ago
Archbishop of Canterbury slams UK government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda
2 years, 8 months ago
Priti Patel told there was ‘not sufficient evidence’ Rwanda plan would deter asylum seekers
2 years, 8 months ago
What is a ‘ministerial direction’ and why did Priti Patel issue one over Rwanda policy?
2 years, 8 months ago

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