1, 2023. An asylum-seeker on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of England has died and a police investigation has been launched into the incident, British officials said Tuesday Dec. 12, 2023. (James Manning/PA via AP, File) By SYLVIA HUI Updated 11:49 PM GMT+8, ...
The U.K. Supreme Court will start hearing arguments over whether the British government’s contentious policy to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is lawful.
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The first flight tasking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was grounded because of last minute European legal intervention. Within hours, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's office said that "all options are on the table" when asked whether the UK would withdraw from the...
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A protestor is seen outside the U.K. Supreme Court ahead of a ruling in which the court determined that the British government's policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, Nov. 15, 2023 in London, England.LEON NEAL/Getty ...