UK police arrest 3 over migrants’ deaths in Channel, hours after Rwanda deportation bill passed British police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men over the deaths of five migrants including a child who died attempting to cross the Channel from France the day before. The deaths occurred when a small overcrowded boat carrying … Read more
By Danica Kirka | Associated Press LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The parliamentary logjam that had stalled the legislation for two months was finally broken just after … Read more
But the liberal and authoritarian wings of the Conservatives – always uneasy allies – are at loggerheads over the Rwanda plan. Moderates worry the policy is too extreme, while many on the party’s powerful right wing think it would not go far enough in deterring migration to the UK. Dozens of migrants leave the port … Read more
