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The Brexit architect predicted further problems with the flagship Rwanda policy aimed at ending the Channel crisis.

Northern Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris had a ‘constructive phone call’ with Tánaiste Micheál Martin.

A crowd is gathering outside a Glasgow immigration reporting centre prompting a police response.

A crowd is gathering outside a Glasgow immigration reporting centre prompting a police response.

Downing Street has offered Ireland the opportunity to join the Rwanda scheme, amid a row over asylum seekers fleeing the UK to the Republic.

The UK has sent the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda - under a voluntary scheme.   The scheme is for those who have gone through the asylum process and had permission rejected, rather than for migrants who have illegally entered Britain by crossing the Channel on small boats.   The migrant was sent on a commercial flight and handed a fee from the British taxpayer to help relocate under the terms of a deal with Rwanda, Sky News reports.  

Dublin wants to force London to readmit asylum seekers who entered its territory via Northern Ireland.

The UK has sent the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme.

The first group of migrants set to be deported to Rwanda following the passage of the Safety of Rwanda Act have been detained, the Home Office has said.

The Home Office has started rounding up asylum seekers who are set to be deported to Rwanda in a desperate scramble to get flights off the ground following two years of failure