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Everything about this refugee deterrent plan is flawed

The U.K.’s Rwanda asylum plan is marked by a set of burning issues — moral, legal and political

The Hindu · Apr 21, 2022

Priti Patel asylum plan ‘not racist or illegal’, civil servants told

Home Office official seeks to reassure staff over refugees to Rwanda scheme as union considers action over ‘callous policy’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2022

Humanity must be at the core of Britain’s asylum policy

Letters: Prof Guy S Goodwin-Gill, Mike Lowenstein, Peter Brayne and Charlie Owen on alternatives to the Rwanda scheme and why we need to move to a culture of helping, not hindering, vulnerable human beings

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2022

Lord of the Flies is surely fit for the Queen?

Brief letters: William Golding and the Big Jubilee Read | Graham Greene | Steps at St Paul’s Cathedral | Priti Patel’s TV lesson | A new title for The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2022

Judge approves Assange extradition

"Politically motivated" charges against Assange "should never have been brought in the first place," Amnesty says

Salon · Apr 20, 2022

Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

Rwanda scheme is flawed, but what will work?

When Theresa May told MPs yesterday that she opposed Priti Patel’s plan to send migrants inadmissible for asylum in this country to Rwanda on the grounds of “legality, practicality and efficacy” she joined the barrage of criticism that has greeted the Home Secretary since she unveiled her scheme last week in…

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2022

UK court order moves Julian Assange closer to US extradition

Home Secretary Priti Patel will decide whether to approve UK court order to extradite WikiLeaks founder.

Al Jazeera · Apr 20, 2022

U.K. judge approves Assange extradition, sending decision to government

The approval is a blow to Assange's decadelong fight to avoid trial over U.S. charges.

Axios · Apr 20, 2022

UK judge sends extradition case of Wikileaks' Assange to interior minister Patel

A British judge on Wednesday sent the case of Julian Assange to interior minister Priti Patel who will decide whether the Wikileaks founder should be extradited to the United States over the release of confidential U.S. documents.

Reuters · Apr 20, 2022