UK asylum seekers expected to be flown to Rwanda

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https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/20...

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HRL said:

Guess Boris is an Arsenal fan.

Well he is an ars

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Apologies if this comment has already been made - Priti Patel had to personally approve this scheme after officials voiced concern over value for money.
She issued a rare "ministerial direction" to push through the plans, meaning she takes personal responsibility for it.
Is only the 2nd time Home Office has used the power in 30 years..

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Is it just me, or does Patel really need the smug look wiping off her face....?

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According to Radio 4's PM programme - 1st flight due to leave on June 14th with undisclosed number of passengers - Subject to legal challenges, of which there is likely to be quite a few....!

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bhstewie said:

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According to Radio 4's PM programme - 1st flight due to leave on June 14th with undisclosed number of passengers - Subject to legal challenges, of which there is likely to be quite a few....!

Sounds like they're worrying that there are going to be 54 letters soon.

Not sure sending any amount of red-meat out now will save Johnson! - I believe there is a specific Johnson thread elsewhere that discusses him in more detail...!

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bhstewie said:

Not getting into Johnson just commenting on the coincidental timing yet again.

Agreed

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I ask myself if we'll have yet another home secretary after Braverman, before one of these flights leave for Rwanda.....!?
Very much possible.....

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don'tbesilly said:

Ivan stewart said:

So who will win today? The people smugglers and the immigration industry, or the British people ,government .

I imagine Priti Patel is furious that this legal win wasn't given under her watch....!

It will bounce back-and-forth between the lawyers now with challenges coming from both sides of the argument...

Suella's dream however, is one step closer......

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It's getting very heated in The House of Commons now, as the Illegai Migration Bill is being debated at Second Reading...!

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman is back in Rwanda today, to further her cause in removing asylum seekers here.
It's notable that the media travelling with her have been carefully "selected".... the BBC being one outlet not invited..!

https://www.gbnews.com/suella-braverman-takes-aim-...

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Mrr T said:

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman is back in Rwanda today, to further her cause in removing asylum seekers here.
It's notable that the media travelling with her have been carefully "selected".... the BBC being one outlet not invited..!

https://www.gbnews.com/suella-braverman-takes-aim-...

According to the report the only media selected is GBnews.

Selected newspapers including The Times and The Telegraph are there too.

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Squadrone Rosso said:

Goebbels Broadcasting. That fits her narrative perfectly.

Goebbels was the original "Spin Doctor" too!

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman is back from Rwanda today, and will be making a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon..

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Main debate in The House Of Commons on Wednesday 26 April.

"Report and third reading of the Illegal Migration Bill - with new amendments to toughen up the bill and prevent judges, whether British or European, from preventing deportations. They have been introduced following pressure from the backbench Common Sense Group of Conservative MPs, and there may be pressure from former ministers like Robert Buckland and Tim Loughton, who have their own amendments to create "safe and legal" routes for migrants. Watch out for an interesting amendment from former Prime Minister Theresa May and former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith to exempt victims of modern slavery from the removal provisions of the bill."

"Labour frontbench amendments include creating a new duty to consult local councils where asylum seeker accommodation is located, setting up fast-track asylum procedures from specified counties, holding annual investigations of border security effectiveness and providing safe and legal routes for unaccompanied children with close family members in the UK."
(BBC News website)

Could get heated again in the H.o.C!, not just with Labour, but the Tories too...!

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ClaphamGT3 said:

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Exactly the sort of expert this lot have been persuaded to have had enough of.....

I mean, he's politically neutral, actually knows what he's talking about and everything; by the reckoning of most posters on this thread, he practically qualifies for 'enemy of the people' status

I imagine that will be Welby after today.

Cue raging Gammon failure to understand the link between Church & state & the right of the Church to speak out in Parliament on these matters inbound in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,

I think Braverman would put Welby on the first flight out to Rwanda.... if it ever takes off..!

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The Court of Appeal gives the verdict that the UK-Rwanda asylum plan is unlawful.

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Rufus Stone said:

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The Court of Appeal gives the verdict that the UK-Rwanda asylum plan is unlawful.

Good. It is a disgusting plan that has racism written all over it.

Looks like going to the UK Supreme Court now, with the best lawyers the government can find...
Though this won't happen straight away..

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don'tbesilly said:

Will the barge be able to take residents as early as today/tomorrow?

According to sources in Dover, 9 dinghies arrived today.
So the likely number of migrants arriving today (450 approx) has nearly filled the barge which apparently can accommodate 506 people.

According to Times Radio, they expect to start getting migrants on it sometime next week.

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bhstewie said:

This is grim.

Braverman stopped immigration centre inspections despite safeguarding warnings

Just the same hard-line attitude that Patel and May adapted when they were respective Home Secretary's!