UK Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Is Unlawful, Supreme Court Says
Dealing a major blow to the governing Conservative Party, Britain’s highest court said the East African country was not a safe place for refugees.
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Dealing a major blow to the governing Conservative Party, Britain’s highest court said the East African country was not a safe place for refugees.
The ruling is a blow to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who made the proposal a key part of his immigration platform.
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The UK plan to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda was found unlawful, prompting some Tories to demand Britain ditch human rights conventions.
London, Nov 15 (EFE).- The top court of the United Kingdom blocked Prime Minister Rishi Sunank’s plan to send asylum seekers who enter the country clandestinely to Rwanda on Wednesday. The unanimous ruling by five Supreme Court judges dashed the government’s flagship new migration policy. Supreme Court President Robert Reed said there was a risk …