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Congo expells Rwandan ambassador in retaliation for alleged rebel support

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karenga 48 hours to leave the country in retaliation for Rwanda's alleged support of M23 rebels fighting in the Congo's eastern provinces, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said on Saturday.

Reuters

Ex-Tory home secretary warns Rwanda scheme is ‘brutal’ and ‘impractical’

Amber Rudd says the initiative to send migrants to the east African nation should never have been introduced.

The Independent UK

The Plymouth coffee shop on a mission to raise awareness of the Rwandan genocide

A short documentary exploring the story of Jabulani Coffee will premiere in Plymouth on Friday

Birmingham Post

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From the economy to Rwanda, Rishi Sunak inherits a hefty in-tray

As crises and party management problems loom, PM must act soon to try to reverse Tories’ poor poll ratings

The Guardian - UK

More than two-thirds of Channel migrants ‘could have asylum claims granted’, report claims

The government refuses to consider asylum claims from people who have travelled through safe countries like France

The Independent UK

Failure to allow full UN prison inspections risks Australia’s international standing, experts say

Australia joins Azerbaijan, Rwanda and Ukraine among nations to fail to provide full access after ratifying agreement

The Guardian - AU

Airline hired to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda pulls out of UK scheme

The Government used a plane run by Privilege Style when it first tried remove people to Rwanda in June but the flight was grounded at the last minute after legal challenges

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Airline pulls out of operating UK’s Rwanda deportation flights

Spanish charter airline Privilege Style said it will not operate such flights in the future.

The Independent UK

Rwanda plan airline pulls out of plan to deport asylum seekers after dogged campaign

THE airline contracted to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda has pulled out of the contract with the Home Office.

The National (Scotland)

Airline hired by UK to remove refugees to Rwanda pulls out of scheme

Charter airline Privilege Style won’t fly to Rwanda after bowing to public pressure

The Independent UK

Airline hired for UK’s Rwanda deportations pulls out of scheme

Exclusive: Privilege Style causes problem for Home Office as it bows to pressure from campaigners

The Guardian - UK

UK not ‘doing its bit’ for refugees, says archbishop amid Rwanda plan criticism

The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell raised his concerns in Parliament.

The Independent UK

Tamil refugees on Chagos Islands fear deportation under Rwanda-type plan

UK government lawyers tell asylum seekers they can return to Sri Lanka or be removed to undisclosed country

The Guardian - UK

UN chief says Ethiopia 'spiralling out of control', calls for end of fighting in Tigray

The United Nations sounds the alarm about the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia.Calls for a ceasefire go unheeded as government forces seize control of a key city. Also, a lockdown comes into force in two districts of Uganda as Ebola cases rise. We report from neighbouring Rwanda on the attempts to…

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Home Office apologises over threat to send pregnant rape survivor to Rwanda

Government withdraws letter to woman, who is 37 weeks pregnant, saying that it was sent by mistake

The Independent UK

Charities and asylum seekers face wait for Rwanda policy High Court ruling

“It is going to take a little bit of time,” judge Lord Justice Lewis said on Friday.

The National (Scotland)

Heavily pregnant rape survivor threatened with removal to Rwanda by Home Office

A HEAVILY pregnant rape survivor has been threatened by the Home Office with being sent to Rwanda.

France 24

Families of missing Tunisian migrants desperate for information

In tonight's edition: Families of over 20 migrants drowned at sea call on Tunisian authorities to do more to recover the bodies of their loved ones. And on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN's weather and climate agency is sounding the alarm over disaster readiness, saying half…

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office threatens to send heavily pregnant rape survivor to Rwanda

Eritrean woman, 28, in acute distress having spent most of her life in search of safety

The Independent UK

Rwanda deportation: Asylum seeker ‘treated like animal’ in UK launches legal challenge against electronic tag

Exclusive: Man, selected for removal to Rwanda, says he had suicidal thoughts after being held in immigration detention for two months

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda within three weeks of arrival, court told

The charity Asylum Aid has brought a legal challenge against the Home Office, with judges told that the procedure is ‘seriously unfair’.

The Independent UK

Government wants to send small boat asylum seekers to Rwanda within 3 weeks, High Court hears

Second legal challenge over policy says process for selecting asylum seekers is ‘inherently unlawful and unfair’

France 24

Hague trial of alleged moneyman of Rwandan 1994 genocide

As one of the alleged last masterminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda goes on trial in the Hague, survivors of the mass killings speak of their memories of the brutality that Felicien Kabuga is accused of having bankrolled. Also children from across Cameroon's war torn Anglophone regions escape to…

The Independent UK

Most Britons believe Rwanda asylum deal will not work, polling shows

Research indicates overall warming of attitides towards immigration, with minority of British public now wanting numbers cut

The Guardian - UK

The Tories are being reborn as a neo-nasty party

Letters: Austen Lynch says the Conservatives are pursuing gain at the expense of the humane, and Jennifer Basannavar decries the home secretary’s dream of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda

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