New UK leader Starmer declares Rwanda deportation plan “dead and buried”
London, UK Reuters Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in his first major policy announcement since winning a landslide election victory. The previous Conservative government first announced the plan in 2022 to send migrants who arrived […]
Migrants drown in English Channel hours after UK passes Rwanda policy
Wimereux, France/Dover, UK Reuters Five migrants, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat on Tuesday, hours after Britain passed a bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in a move to deter the dangerous journeys. The deaths occurred when a boat […]
Essay: How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can guide governments through the turmoil of 2024
Law professor KATHRYN MCNEILLY, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could provide a way forward in a world in conflict…