Asylum Seekers Launch Hunger Strike Over UK-France Removal Scheme
By Cicero’s Home Affairs correspondent Dozens detained in Britain refuse food ahead of forced returns to FranceAround 30 asylum seekers held in UK immigration detention centres have begun a hunger strike in protest at plans to deport them to France under the government’s contentious “one-in, one-out” arrangement with Paris. Sources Continue Reading
Rwanda Immigration Flight to Proceed
The government’s first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead on Tuesday, appeal court judges say. The flight was opposed by Detention Action and the PCS union, but the court said it was in the “public interest” to carry out the policy. The government has introduced a scheme Continue Reading
