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The UK has sent its first asylum seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme, The Sun Newspaper reported on Tuesday, saying the unnamed migrant was flown out of the country on Monday, reports Reuters. The voluntary scheme is separate from a forced deportation programme that the UK is about to embark on in the next few months, seeking to deter ...

Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of “potentially thousands” of Palestinian prisoners in return for freeing Israeli hostages, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Monday. The Palestinian group has been given “a very generous offer of sustained 40 days ceasefire, the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian prisoners, in return for the release of these hostages,” ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   Hon’ble Minister of State for Expatriates Welfare and Foreign Employment Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury MP called on British-Bangladeshis to play a special role in building the Smart Bangladesh announced by the Prime Minister to sending remittances through legal channels. He said, “The money sent by expatriates to Bangladesh through legal channels will be protected and there is ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   Bangladesh Envoy to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem has received the ‘Diplomat of the Year Award 2024’ from the globally eminent Diplomat Magazine.The award was handed over to the High Commissioner by the Speaker of the British Parliament Sir Lindsay Hoyle on 22 April 2024 in London. Earlier in 2023 High Commissioner Tasneem was elected as ...

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Shafiqur Rahman Choudhury MP has called on the UK government to ease visa conditions for Bangladeshi restaurant workers who want to work in the UK’s hospitality and catering sectors. Shafiqur Rahman Choudhury MP was speaking as a chief guest at a high profile dialogue hosted on Thursday by the UK’s All-party Parliamentary ...

The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland’s deputy prime minister told a British newspaper on Friday, reports Reuters. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship programme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda if they arrive in Britain illegally was approved by parliament earlier this week and the government wants ...

The deaths of five people, including one child, while trying to reach the UK by crossing the Channel are “tragic”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Speaking as news of the deaths first emerged, the PM said it underscored the need for his plan, which would see some asylum seekers sent to Rwanda. He said breaking “the business model” of criminal ...

The first flights deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks Rishi Sunak has announced – missing his original spring target. The government has already prepared an airfield and secured charter plane slots to ensure flights take off, the PM said. Mr Sunak promised to keep MPs and Lords late into the night on Monday ...

MP Mark Menzies will stand down at the next election and has quit the Conservative Party, after it found he had shown a “pattern of behaviour” falling below the standards for MPs. The Fylde MP had been accused of using party money to pay off “bad people”. The party said it “cannot conclude” whether party funds had been misused because ...

Rishi Sunak has “set us back” on climate change and left the UK at risk of falling behind other countries, the head of a government watchdog has said. Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), told the BBC the prime minister had “clearly not” prioritised the issue as much as his predecessors. He accused Mr Sunak of sending ...