The Rwanda plan – ‘immoral, ungodly and appalling’
Day: 15 June 2022
The government’s controversial Rwanda deportation plan has received a lot of attention. The plan has been widely condemned by Labour politicians, Human Rights watchdogs, royals, celebrities and even the Church of England – who called it ‘ungodly’.
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Prime Minister’s Questions – 15/06 – Rwanda, Northern Ireland Protocol controversies
The PM will face off with Labour’s Keir Starmer today at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions – with the government’s Rwanda plan likely to be top of the agenda.
The i says Around 260 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Tuesday despite the Government’s claims that the threat of deportation to Rwanda would act as a deterrent.
Daily Mail says the decision by an ‘out of hours’ European judge to ground a flight carrying migrants to Rwanda from Britain was branded an ‘abomination’ today as 300 more people crossed the Channel.
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The Metro says plans to deport the first asylum seekers to Rwanda ended in farce after judges reprieved the last handful as they waited on the runway — on the day 400 more, including woman and children, crossed the Channel to Britain.
The Metro says The family of missing British journalist Dom Phillips have received an apology after being wrongly told his body had been found.
The Metro says A woman who scammed her cousin out of her £47,000 life savings, claiming she was ‘lonely and used it to pay for people to go out with her’, has been jailed.
The Metro says a suspected Russian spy has been arrested at Gatwick Airport as he was about to leave the UK, according to reports.
The Independent says The UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has inspired fresh waves of racist and bigoted language on social media, public figures have warned.
The Independent says The NHS is facing a major exodus of doctors of ethnic minority backgrounds due to persistent levels of racism faced at a personal and institutional level, a groundbreaking study has revealed.
The Independent says Airlines have been ordered by the government to cancel flights for July and August now to “de-risk the summer” for tens of thousands of passengers.
The Independent says Brad Pitt has spoken candidly about his relationship with ex-fiancée Gwyneth Paltrow, over 20 years later, and how “lovely” it is that they’ve stayed friends.
The Guardian says New York’s highest court has rejected Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to avoid testifying in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices, clearing the way for his deposition next month.
The Guardian says a spokesperson for Amber Heard has denied reports that the actor has been cut from the Aquaman sequel, in the aftermath of the very public defamation trial brought against her by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
The Guardian says sea level rise will put about 200,000 coastal properties at risk in England within 30 years, new data suggests, as the climate crisis takes hold.