UK home secretary set to sign new asylum treaty in Rwanda
Tuesday, 5 December 2023 British Home Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday to sign a new treaty to send asylum seekers to the African nation after the UK's top court declared the deportation scheme unlawful. The Rwanda plan is at the centre of the government's strategy to cut migration and is being watched closely by other countries considering similar policies. But the United Kingdom's Supreme Court last month ruled that such a move would violate international human rights laws enshrined in domestic legislation.
James Cleverly has travelled to the Rwandan capital Kigali to sign a new legally binding treaty with the East African country, which the government hopes will see asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats sent to Rwanda. The home secretary said categorically at a post-signing press...
James Cleverly has been unable to give details on the recruitment of international judges for an appeal body set out in his Rwanda Treaty.
Asked if it would be more sensible to have structures in..
Labour’s Pat McFadden says the government’s Rwanda scheme is “not the answer” to tackle illegal migration on small boats. The shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster says, “no amount of..
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has claimed the Conservative Party faces "electoral oblivion" if its emergency legislation to tackle illegal migration fails. In a personal statement to the..
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
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