Over 10,000 reach UK on small boats

The number of people landing on England's southern beaches after making the dangerous Channel crossing fell by a third in 2023, but the latest numbers on a government website showed 10,170 arrived between January and May 25, up from 7,395 over the same period last year.

UK faces fallout from Rwanda scheme

The British Home Office is dealing with growing fallout from the high-profile roundups of asylum seekers it wants to send to Rwanda, as some have gone into hiding while others have fled across the border to Ireland.

Lone children at risk of deportation to Rwanda

Lone child asylum seekers are at risk of being sent to Rwanda because the UK Home Office has wrongly classified some as adults, the Guardian reported.

Human rights groups condemn UK Rwanda plan

Britain’s plans to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda were swiftly condemned by international humanitarian organizations after Parliament approved legislation allowing the deportation flights to begin later this year.

Rwanda genocide anniversary marked

The killing spree, which lasted 100 days before the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel militia took Kigali in July 1994, claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus.

Iran expresses condolences with Rwanda and Serbia

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has voiced regret over a shooting in a school in the Serbian capital Belgrade and extended his sympathies to the Rwandan government and people after floods and landslides hit the east African country.

‘Refugees have rights that must be respected under Convention 1951’

Iran says deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda is shame for Britain

TEHRAN- The forcible repatriation of asylum seekers, including a few Iranians, from the United Kingdom to Rwanda has been described as a historical shame for London, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

Iran criticizes UK intention to deport migrants to Rwanda

“The UK’s dark human rights record speaks for itself”

TEHRAN - The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and deputy chief of the Iranian Judiciary has condemned the United Kingdom's decision to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda.

UK plan for asylum seekers “cruel” and “inhumane”

Under a new British government scheme, thousands of asylum seekers who cross the English Channel on small boats will be detained and flown more than 6,500 kilometers on one-way tickets to the African country of Rwanda.