Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda asylum bill faces a final parliamentary showdown on Monday, April 22, with both the House of Lords and House of Commons expected to sit late into the night to pass the legislation.
The bill, which aims to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, has been subject to extensive parliamentary back-and-forth, with peers repeatedly blocking the bill with amendments.
However, the government has vowed that Parliament will sit late into Monday night if necessary to pass the bill, which it sees as vital to the prime minister’s pledge to “stop the boats.”
The vote comes after the prime minister blamed Labour opposition to the plan for the delay, although his own government had not taken earlier opportunities to rush the legislation through parliament.
