Italy “gazumped” Britain when it struck a deal with Albania to process asylum applications, a source has claimed. London had proposed an agreement with Tirana earlier this year by which the Baltic state would handle applications from migrants who cross the English Channel. The plan stalled when the British Embassy in […]
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Australia’s successful approach to stopping thousands of illegal migrants arriving by boat has been compared to Britain’s Rwanda plan, ex-PM Boris Johnson claims. Mr Johnson detailed the “parallels” between both nation’s plans – and how, despite no flights having taken off for Rwanda, they adopt a similar approach, with one […]
The prime minister will allow himself a smile this morning. Not because a government winning a vote at this early stage of trying to pass a new law is much of an achievement. It isn’t. But because victory is the absence of defeat – and these pages and others would […]
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has seen off a Tory rebellion over his flagship Rwanda bill but still faces a battle to get it through Parliament. The legislation comfortably passed its first Commons hurdle with a majority of 44, but there will be further votes in the new year. No Tory […]
Cleverly says bill ‘pushing at edge of envelope’ but still ‘within framework of international law’ John Baron (Con) asks Cleverly to confirm that the government will remain within international law. The British are world champions at queuing, we don’t like queue jumpers, which is why illegal immigration grates with us. […]
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced a rebellion from restive lawmakers over his signature immigration policy, while fending off tough questions Monday about his judgment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The twin pressures add up to one of the toughest weeks of Sunak’s 13 months in office, with both […]
Invited to Downing Street for breakfast. Wooed in person, wooed over the phone, wooed over the airwaves. The government is embarking on a persuasion job, the like of which we’ve not seen since Rishi Sunak became prime minister. MPs are being tracked down physically – to make sure they are […]
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a battle to persuade Tory MPs to back his flagship Rwanda bill, ahead of a key vote on Tuesday. The legislation seeks to revive the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to the east African country. MPs on the right of the party […]