The Safety of Rwanda Bill, which would allow Britain to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, has suffered a setback after Parliament's upper chamber tried to amend the legislation.

The plan has been challenged in the courts, and no one has yet been sent to Rwanda under an agreement that has cost the U.K. at least 370 million pounds ($470 million). Sign up for the Breaking ...

Related article UK home secretary signs new Rwanda treaty to resurrect asylum plan It’s also not clear there’s a huge audience for hardline migration rhetoric in the UK.

Britain has paid Rwanda at least 240 million pounds ($305 million) under the agreement, but no one has yet been sent to the East African country. Human rights groups have criticized the plan as ...

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Updated April 22, 2024 at 10:47 PM ET. LONDON — More than two years after it was first introduced, the British government's controversial plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda was approved by ...

The plan has already cost the government 240 million pounds ($300 million) in payments to Rwanda, which agreed in 2022 to process and settle hundreds of asylum-seekers a year from the U.K.

The government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is set to become law after peers in the House of Lords backed down in a parliamentary showdown. Spanning three prime ministers, the scheme has ...

The United Kingdom’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda as early as next week was green-lit on Friday, after the High Court in London denied an injunction to block the first flight.

The Rwanda legislation now moves to the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of Parliament, where it is likely to get a hostile reception from members, many of whom have been harshly ...

LONDON (AP) — A key plank in the British government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is expected to become law this week, but opponents plan new legal challenges ...

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.