BBCNEWS Verified July 2, 2024
welcome to verified live, the uk supreme court has ruled that the government's policy of sending asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful. in a significant blow to the prime minister, five judges "unanimously ruled" against his flagship policy to stop illegal migration. they said rwanda has "a poor record on human rights" and also that if refugees went to rwanda, there'd be a "a real risk" of them being sent back to the countries they'd originally fled from. rishi sunak said he's now looking at alternative steps, which would mean migrants could still be sent to rwanda. he is under pressu...