The United Kingdom Parliament has passed the Rwanda deportation bill, which allows the government to send asylum seekers who arrived illegally to Rwanda for processing. The bill has faced criticism from human rights groups and the UK Supreme Court, but the government insists it is necessary to deter illegal immigration.
After a lengthy debate between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the Emergency Rwanda Deportation Bill has finally passed Parliament. The bill, which aims to deport asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda, will now receive Royal Assent and is expected to come into effect in July. Despite objections from the Lords, the government has been determined to implement the scheme, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisting that ‘the flights are going to Rwanda.’ The bill has faced legal challenges, but the government is seeking to overcome these by ensuring Rwanda is deemed a safe country for asylum seekers by judges and allowing ministers to ignore last-minute injunctions from the European Court of Human Rights.
