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☆ ‘Heart-breaking’: Refugees once detained offshore by Australia warn the UK government not to push through its Rwanda policy
  + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Antoinette Radford | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
The policy enjoys bipartisan political support in Australia, with both the coalition and Labor governments backing offshore detention. And on face value, the UK’s proposed offshore detention policy follows a similar model to that of Australia. Australia’s own offshore detention policy has been heavily criticized and fraught with controversy – but still seems to exert considerable appeal for some UK politicians. Another difference between two nations stems from the fact Australia does not have a human rights charter, Tubakovic said. She notes that the UK is still bound by human rights obligations, particularly as a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Persons: CNN — “, Behrouz Boochani, “, ”, Boochani, Mostafa Azimitabar –, –, ” Azimitabar, Rwanda Bill, Dan Kitwood, Rishi Sunak, Tony Abbott, Jonas Gratzer, Alexander Downer, Downer, Tamara Tubakovic, “ It’s, Tubakovic, David Gray, ” Tubakovic Organizations: CNN, Kurd, European, of Human, Australia’s Department of Home Affairs, Labor, Refugee Council of Australia, ‘, Conservative, English Channel, UK Border Force, University of Melbourne, University of Oxford, Human Rights, of Human Rights, UN, Reuters Locations: New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Iran, Indonesia, Australia, Nauru, Manus, Melbourne, United Kingdom, Rwanda, England, Britain, British, France, Sydney
☆ Weapons Smuggler Caught After Smoking in Plane Bathroom: UK Prosecutor
  + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Hannah Getahun | Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Flight crew smelled smoke coming from the bathroom on a flight from Turkey to Leeds, UK, in 2021. On the flight from Turkey to Leeds, England, on October 12, 2021, the flight crew smelled smoke coming from the bathroom and suspected the passenger, Arshad Khan, of smoking a cigarette. When they confronted Khan, he denied it and became "more and more aggressive," prosecutor Harry Crowson told Leeds Crown Court. The outlet said Khan initially told officials he had no comment and then later claimed someone had planted the weapons. In May of this year, another passenger was also hauled off a flight in the UK after being caught smoking in the bathroom.
Persons: Arshad Khan, Khan, Harry Crowson, Robin Mairs Organizations: Border Force, Yorkshire Evening, Leeds Crown Court, Leeds Bradford Airport, UK Border Force, Ryanair, Manchester Evening News Locations: Turkey, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Spain, Manchester
☆ Photos show the grim conditions inside a London house where local officials say a 'slum' landlord stuffed up to 40 tenants into 4 bedrooms and made $450,000
  + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Photos show the grim conditions inside a London house where up to 40 tenants lived at a time. One tenant even lived in a shed made out of pallets, with no lighting or heating, photos show. The house in Wembley where up to 40 tenants lived. Brent Council/SWNSFire exits were blocked throughout the house and large holes appeared in the ceilings, exposing the dilapidated wood slats holding up the house, SWNS photos show. A hole in the ceiling at the Wembley property.
Persons: Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra, Brent, SWNS Organizations: Service, Brent Council, Brent Borough, UK Border Force Locations: London, Wall, Silicon, Wembley, Brent
☆ Migrant boat crossing Channel from France capsizes, at least six dead
  + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Pascal Rossignol | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/5] "Notre Dame du Risban", an SNSM lifeboat, enters the port of Calais following a rescue operation after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized, in Calais, France, August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolCALAIS, France, Aug 12 (Reuters) - At least six people died and more than 50 were rescued after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized early on Saturday, local authorities said. "There were too many of them on the (migrant) boat," she told Reuters by phone as she returned to the shore. Thorel, who shared a picture of migrants on the rescue boat, wrapped in survival blankets, said no one died on the boat she was involved with rescuing. UK government figures show that the number of migrant Channel crossings since the start of 2018 exceeded 100,000 this week.
Persons: du Risban, Pascal Rossignol, Franck Dhersin, Sangatte, Anne Thorel, Elisabeth Borne, Herve Berville, Rishi Sunak's, Suella Braverman, Ingrid Melander, Tangi Salaun, Christian Hartmann, David Miliken, Helen Popper, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, Local, Reuters, Maritime Affairs, Britain's coastguard, coastguard, Border Force, British coastguard, Conservative Party, Thomson Locations: Calais, France, Britain, Thorel, Dover, Paris, London
☆ Travel chaos on holiday weekend as passport gates fail at UK airports, causing long delays for passengers
  + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Passengers faced long delays at British airports Saturday after electronic passport gates failed. Many passports were being checked manually by UK Border Force officers until the problem was resolved. A representative for Heathrow tweeted: "We are aware of a nationwide issue impacting the eGates, which are operated by Border Force. A representative for Gatwick airport said some passengers may experience delays at immigration due to the nationwide issue with the e-gates. A Home Office representative told Insider: "We are aware of a nationwide border system issue affecting arrivals into the UK.
☆ Airports, airlines rein in summer plans to avoid repeat of last year's chaos
  + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Allison Lampert Joanna Plucinska Tosterling | Allison Lampert | Joanna Plucinska | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
REUTERS/Cole Burston/File PhotoFeb 24 (Reuters) - Airports are taking steps to avoid gridlock during the upcoming holiday travel seasons, with some limiting flights during peak hours to avoid the long lines and luggage piles that marred last summer. While smoother holiday travel is expected for Europe and North America, airlines and airports which learned tough lessons on holiday travel in 2022, are taking a more prudent approach as global traffic rebounds roughly to pre-pandemic levels. Despite extensive planning and hiring this year, some airlines and airports are still wrestling with industry staff shortages, including baggage handlers. Germany's Lufthansa AG (LHAG.DE) said it has cut summer flights by an unspecified amount due to shortages of personnel like ground handlers at airports in Frankfurt and Munich. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency were not immediately available to comment on staffing.
☆ British Airways, Virgin Atlantic limit ticket sales to Heathrow due to strikes
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will limit ticket sales for flights to London's Heathrow Airport during planned strikes by border agents over Christmas and New Year's Eve to reduce disruption, the airlines said on Friday. A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson also said it was working closely with government to "minimise the impact of Border Force strikes on our customers' journeys." The strikes, from Dec. 23-26 and 28-31, come at one of the busiest periods for airlines, and the flights affected were already busy. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have also given customers the option of extra flexibility to shift their travel to a non-strike day, and flight schedules - as well as restrictions on tickets - are being kept under review. "We intend to operate our schedule as planned, with additional flexibility to allow customers to change their flight dates if they wish to avoid arriving on strike days," the Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said.
☆ UK counter-terrorism police lead investigation into Dover bomb incident
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/7] Members of the military and UK Border Force extinguish a fire from a petrol bomb, targeting the Border Force centre in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File PhotoLONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Britain's counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into an incident in which petrol bombs were thrown at an immigration centre in the southern English port of Dover, police said on Tuesday. The attack came as British policy towards migrants and asylum seekers remains a heated political issue. Sunak's interior minister Suella Braverman is facing heavy criticism for describing the arrival of asylum seekers as an invasion. Reporting by William Schomberg and Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Kate Holton and Michael HoldenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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