UK: Changes to Ukraine Visa Scheme Amid Housing Concerns ― UN Issues Damning Report on Situation of Asylum Seekers on Diego Garcia ― UK Signs ‘Working Arrangement’ with Frontex
The Ukraine visa scheme has been extended but the family reunification scheme has been closed to new applications as local authorities and NGOs issue warnings about risks of homelessness. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has criticised the situation of 61 Sri...
UK: The Country ‘Shakes Hands’ with France while Channel Drownings Double — Criticism of the ‘Rwanda’ Bill Continues — Uncertainty and Despair Among Asylum Seekers
The UK and France deepen their co-operation while being ‘linked’ to the number of Channel drowning increasing by 50% in 2023. The House of Lords, charities, expert organisations, and the Leader of the Church of England all call for a halt to the UK’s plan to send...
UK: Rwanda Bill Moves a Step Closer to Adoption as Rwandan President Casts Doubt on the Scheme and UNHCR Questions its Legality, More Migrants Die Trying to Cross the Channel, Asylum Accommodation Set to Be Excluded from New Legislation Covering Safety of Social Housing
MPs have approved the Rwanda bill at third reading but the Rwandan President has suggested that the UK’s efforts to implement the scheme cannot go on indefinitely and the UNHCR has called it incompatible with international law. Five migrants have died while trying to...