Tory MP says Boris Johnson must resign after “breaking the law he introduced”
The government must draw up a detailed plan for sending asylum seekers to Rwanda while their applications are processed by the Ministry of the Interior.
The plan has been described as “evil” by Ian Blackford, the SNP leader in Westminster.
The Refugee Council also condemned the proposals, valued at £ 1.4 billion a year, as “cruel and nasty”.
The government has been accused of using the “dead cat” issue to divert scandalous events at Partygate.
Boris Johnson is reportedly facing three more police fines for violating the blockade after attending Downing Street parties.
Police will punish the prime minister for attending the departure of his former communications director, Lee Kane, according to the Daily Telegraph.
The November 13 event is “considered the most serious violation of coronavirus regulations among the events attended by the prime minister,” an unnamed source told the newspaper.
Johnson is expected to receive at least four fines, according to The Daily Mirror and The Guardian.
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“Mainly male economic migrants” to be sent to Rwanda
Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said mostly male economic migrants will be sent to Rwanda while their asylum applications are processed according to new government plans, which will be detailed today.
He told Sky News: “I have to be a little careful about the details – there are some sensitive points on this issue – but most of the issues we are talking about will be for male economic migrants.”
Asked by host Kay Burley if they would be older men, he said yes.
Mr Hart also said Interior Minister Priti Patel would later reveal more details about the £ 120m immigration proposals.
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Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda “could be a really humane step”
Wales Secretary Simon Hart has defended the government’s highly controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
He said the plan had the potential to be a “truly humane step forward”.
Secretary of Wales Simon Hart
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Speaking to Sky News, Mr Hart said: “I think the first thing is that we have to deal with this problem. We have very good relations with Rwanda: it is a developing economy, it has very good results with migrants on this particular issue.
“And this is an agreement that I think suits both sides very well and provides the best opportunities for economic migrants, for those who have been at the forefront of this particular horrific problem for so long.
“And I think this agreement is really … it has the potential to be a really good step forward and a really humane step forward.
Speaking about the fact that the President of Rwanda has been accused of human rights violations more than once, Mr Hart said: “This is true, but it does not change the fact that their reputation towards migrants and their economic progress is phenomenal. “
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Interior Ministry plans to send “evil” asylum seekers to Rwanda
Westminster SNP leader Ian Blackford has criticized the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda – while their applications are being processed – as “evil”.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today: “It’s just chilling, absolutely chilling to think that people who come here for a number of reasons – vulnerable people – will be taken all the way to Africa to be treated.
“This is not a sign of a civilized society. This is evil. I just felt dizzy when I saw that our government, acting on our behalf, could behave in this way, and I think a lot of people will be quite horrified. “
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Boris Johnson’s position as prime minister is “no longer resilient” after he was fined for attending a Downing Street party during the blockade, Mr Blackford said.
He told Radio 4: “I do not believe that the position of the Prime Minister is stable and I think that the court of public opinion will give this sentence to the Prime Minister.
He also said: “The fundamental point here is that we have the first prime minister in history to be found guilty of breaking the law.
“The prime minister is there to comply with the law in the first place.
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ICYMI: Actor Dan Stevens stuns One Show with brutal attack on Boris Johnson
Actor Dan Stevens shocked viewers by answering a question about his latest work by launching a brutal attack on Boris Johnson, condemning the prime minister as a “criminal” who must resign after being fined for violating his own Covid laws.
Opening the interview tonight, host Alex Jones quickly guessed the plot of the program before presenting “Our Wonderful Dan Here.”
Asking him to explain how Gaslitt differs from Watergate’s many dramatizations, Ms. Jones said, “What do you think of the series you make?”
“Well, what you have is a criminal for a leader who is embroiled in a confused war, embroiled in a stupid scandal and surrounded by ambitious idiots, and he really needs to resign,” said Stevens, 39.
He then paused and pretended to look confused before continuing: “No, I’m sorry this is the intro to Boris Johnson. I just said Boris Johnson’s intro, I’m so sorry.
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MEPs call for reduction in social security delays to help legal immigrant children living in poverty
MEPs call for a reduction in waiting times for social benefits for legal immigrant children living in poverty.
MEPs are calling for a reduction in waiting time in the safety net and are proposing that parents who do not resort to public funds (NRPF) be given access to the social care system after a maximum of five years.
They also called for an extension of the right to free childcare and the payment of child allowances for children who are British citizens.
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The government faces rejection of the decision to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
News of the government’s asylum scheme crossing the English Channel in Rwanda has provoked ridicule from the opposition as well as refugee advocates, including Durham Bishop Paul Butler, who told BBC News he would not work.
“I am really worried that this is not the right way to treat asylum seekers. We have an international obligation under the Refugee Convention to take good care of asylum seekers. They are big problems. “They need to be overcome, and I don’t think that’s the way to go,” he said.
“I remain convinced that this will be deterrent in some way.”
Asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats will be taken to Rwanda for processing under government plans for millions of pounds
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The UK-based advocacy group Detention Action said men sent to Rwanda “are likely to face indefinite detention in a government known for violently persecuting dissidents”.
It added: “At the same time, the United Kingdom is currently granting asylum to Rwandan refugees fleeing political persecution.
British Red Cross Executive Director Zoe Abrams said the humanitarian network was “deeply concerned” about plans to “send traumatized people around the world to Rwanda”.
The financial and human costs will be significant; evidence from which offshoring has been applied elsewhere shows that it leads to deep human suffering, plus the bill that taxpayers will be asked to pay is likely to be huge.
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“We are not convinced that this drastic measure will stop desperate people from trying to cross the English Channel. People come here for reasons we all understand, such as wanting to reunite with loved ones or because they speak the language. If it gets harsher, it could stop them from risking their lives. “
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The chief executive of the Refugee Council calls the government’s offshore plans for asylum seekers “cruel and nasty”
Enver Solomon, of the Refugee Council, described the government’s plans to process asylum applications after sending them offshore to Rwanda as “cruel and nasty” and said it would do little to stop people from coming to Rwanda. The United Kingdom will only lead to “more human suffering”. and chaos ”.
Far from allowing people to rebuild their lives, we know where other countries have done it [that] this only leads to high levels of self-harm and mental health problems, and can also lead to people falling back into the hands of human smugglers.
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“Unable to work, unethical and blackmailing”: Labor MP criticizes Johnson for sending asylum seekers to Rwanda
Describing the government’s decision to offshore asylum seekers in Rwanda as “incapable, unethical and extortionate”, shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that it would cost billions of pounds to UK taxpayers during the crisis. life and will make it “harder, not easier” to get quick and fair asylum decisions.
British Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper appears on BBC Sunday Morning
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She dismissed the message as Mr Johnson’s “desperate and embarrassing” attempt to “divert attention from his own breach of the law” and from the “failure” of the Home Office’s asylum decision-making, which sees thousands waiting for more. from year to decision.
The Interior Ministry is already a catalog of failures, from passport queues to delays in Ukrainian visas, to rising crime and declining prosecutions. Instead of mastering the basics, all Priti Patel and Mr. Johnson do is come up with wild and unworkable titles. Britain deserves better.
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The United Kingdom will send asylum seekers to Rwanda, said Boris Johnson
Ministers signed an agreement for the first time to send asylum seekers arriving in the UK to another country to …
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