
Rishi Sunak ‘to give Rwanda £15m’ in bid to seal new asylum deal
The IndependentSign 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 Rishi Sunak is set to hand Rwanda at least £15m more to sign a treaty to take asylum seekers deported from the UK, it has emerged. Following the judgment by the Supreme Court on November 15, Downing Street originally said a new small boats law would be published within days but the wait has gone on for more than two weeks. Almost 28,500 asylum seekers have arrived in 2023 using the sea route, with the one year anniversary of Mr Sunak’s stop the boats pledge approaching next month. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed the Rwanda policy as a “gimmick” and accused the Tories of a “betrayal” of their 2019 manifesto commitment to lower migration.
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UK says 'no further payment' to Rwanda for scrapped migrant deal
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After Starmer nixing Sunak’s Rwanda plan, Germany wants UK's facilities to deport immigrants
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After ‘stop the boats’, a humane and competent immigration system would be welcome
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Enough of ‘stop the boats’ – this is how to address the immigration issue
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UK's scrapped Rwanda migrant plan a 'shocking waste' of $904 million in public funds, minister says
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UK’s scrapped Rwanda migrant plan a ‘shocking waste’ of $904 million in public funds, minister says
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UK planned to spend 10bn pounds on Rwanda deportation scheme: Home minister
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Rwanda says it is aware of the UK’s intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme
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Keir Starmer says scrapping UK’s Rwanda migrant deportation plan
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Britain spent millions to send migrants to Africa. So far, just two have gone.
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Sunak claims Labour would make UK ‘illegal migration capital of the world’
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More than 1,200 migrants have crossed the English Channel in 20 boats in the past week - as total on Rishi Sunak's watch nears 50,000 milestone
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Nothing ‘out of the box’ about Italy’s asylum offshoring deal with Albania
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Rwanda accuses UN refugee agency of lying in British asylum policy case
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Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda flights plan is not credible, damning report by MPs finds
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Rishi Sunak admits no Rwanda deportation flights will take off before election
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Sunak says no Rwanda deportation flights before election as campaigns begin
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‘Fewer than 10 migrants’ on first Rwanda flight
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UK took back 50 migrants from Belfast just months before Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted that 'We're not going to accept returns from the European Union via Ireland'
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Suella Braverman leads Tory backlash at Rishi Sunak's 'failed' Brexit deal after Belfast court rules against PM's small boats plan - but minister insists migrants will STILL be sent to Rwanda even if
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The UK government’s controversial asylum seeker policy
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UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next?
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Charity launches legal action against Rwanda plan
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A man who failed to get asylum in the UK is said to have voluntarily flown to Rwanda
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First asylum seeker flown to Rwanda under voluntary relocation scheme
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Britain sends first voluntary asylum seeker to Rwanda: Report
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UK starts detaining asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda
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First failed asylum seeker removed to Rwanda
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DOMINIC LAWSON: As Rwanda plan sees migrants leaving UK for Ireland... Oh, the irony of Dublin now ruing the open border it and the EU both insisted on after Brexit. You'd need a heart of stone not to
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Sunak claims migrants going to Ireland shows Rwanda plan is working, despite no flights taking off
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Ireland looking to send asylum seekers back to UK: Report
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Rwanda Bill: Meet the migrants who say Rishi Sunak’s asylum plan won’t deter them from crossing the Channel
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Rwanda bill criticised by Irish foreign minister as ‘fearful’ migrants cross border
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Rwanda Bill becomes law after weeks of parliamentary deadlock
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Botswana's foreign minister says UK also approached his country to take 'unwanted immigrants'
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Ryanair boss says he would ‘happily’ fly asylum seekers to Rwanda
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Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill Passed in UK Parliament, but Obstacles Still Remain
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Rishi Sunak urged to think again on Rwanda plan after five die in Channel
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The UK government finally passes bill to send migrants to Rwanda, but the battle is not over
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Armenia was approached by the UK over Rwanda-style deal, officials say
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How much does Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation scheme cost?
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How will Indian illegal migrants in UK be impacted by Rwanda deportation plan?
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Labour will not deport a single asylum seeker to Rwanda, Yvette Cooper confirms
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Sunak vows ‘nothing will stand in way’ of Rwanda flights after Bill passes
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UK's Sunak says nothing will stop Rwanda policy, migrants die in channel
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Rwanda Bill: What happens now Rishi Sunak has forced deportation plan through
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UK passes bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda: What’s next?
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UK passes law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after months of wrangling
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