The government has been given the go-ahead to take a legal battle over its Rwanda deportation policy to the Supreme Court. Under the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum, and will be deported to their home country or a safe third country like…

The government will seek to appeal against a court ruling that found its plans to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda to be unlawful. Under the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum, and will be deported to their home country or a safe third…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide, a police officer suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people at a church nearly three decades ago, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run, a special tribunal set up by the United Nations to find…

Two High Court judges who dismissed a series of legal challenges against the government’s planned deportations to Rwanda showed “excessive deference” to the Home Office and the guarantees it had received from the Rwandan government, the Court of Appeal has heard. In December, Lord Justice Lewis and Mr. Justice Swift ruled the policy of deporting asylum…

Small boat crossings in the English Channel have begun to surge again with 1,106 illegal immigrants arriving on the English coast in the last week. That figure—which includes 492 people on April 5 alone—compares to 3,793 for the first three months of the year. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has repeatedly pledged to crack down on…

One of the prominent armed groups in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced it is ceding a number of key territories to the East African Community regional force amid what it terms as the government’s “umpteenth violation” of a ceasefire that the M23 rebels unilaterally declared on March 7.  Prior to announcing March…

Every year journalists are killed in the line of duty. At home or venturing into war zones and areas of conflict. Sometimes they end up in jail, detained for years on end, or exiled from their countries, forced into hiding. Some go missing, disappear. In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable we explore what it…

Every year, journalists are killed in the line of duty, at home or venturing into war zones and areas of conflict. Sometimes they end up in jail, detained for years on end, or exiled from their countries, forced into hiding. Some go missing, disappear. In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we explore what it…

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to put an end to illegal immigration as his government prepares to unveil new legislation banning illegal immigrants claiming asylum. More than 45,000 illegal immigrants crossed the English Channel in small boats to reach the UK in 2022. And the latest Home Office figures show 2,950 illegal immigrants…

The High Court in London has ruled in favour of the British government’s plans to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda, and to leave them there if they have their application for asylum in the UK rejected. On Monday, two judges at the Royal Courts of Justice ruled that the policy was “lawful.” Lord Justice Lewis,…