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Israel tried deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda in 2014 – it failed spectacularly
Some 4,000 asylum seekers were deported to Rwanda and Uganda. Many were smuggled back towards Europe, just 9 stayed in the country.
Frankie Boyle responds to govt sending refugees to Rwanda and it’s brutal
The comedian hit out at Priti Patel and the UK government over their decision to send asylum seekers to another country to have their cases processed.
Teachers’ leader ‘monstered’ by media after saying need for diversity in ‘powerful knowledge curriculum’ of ‘dead white men’
“All of which shows me, personally, and us all, politically, that the culture wars rage and continue to rage and that they consume anyone who dares to challenge the narrow, monocultural base on which the current national curriculum, with all its assumptions on powerful knowledge is based."
Video shows officer kneeling on black man before shooting him in head
Caution: Extreme footage.
Partygate: Edwina Currie’s comment to bereaved man beggars belief
"This is a disgusting thing to say. Anyway, her disgraceful sociopathy aside, I have to say she really shone in the Jimmy Savile doc where she gave him the keys to a hospital."
Rwanda asylum seekers plan is a ‘cynical distraction’ from partygate
The scheme would be a “bureaucratic nightmare” costing hundreds of millions of pounds, saying the money should go towards the cost-of-living crisis.
Thread on Javid’s Non-dom status is going viral and it’s not good news for the Minister
“It is an absolute joke that Sajid Javid claimed non-dom status” - here's why.
NATO: Russia threatens nuclear escalation if Sweden and Finland join
"There can be no more talk of any nuclear-free status for the Baltic - the balance must be restored," they said.
Watch: Minister denied UK would send refugees to Rwanda just 8 days ago
"We're having difficulty enough getting them from Ukraine to our country, there's no possibility of sending them to Rwanda," he said.