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HISTORICAL FACTS: Britain s upper house votes to delay contentious rwanda plan - The Untold Story

The Rwanda treaty is central to the Conservative government's policy to combat illegal immigration by deporting ayslum seekers to the East African country (Credit: AFP)

Britain's unelected upper house of parliament inflicted a blow Monday to the government's controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda, by voting to delay ratification of the treaty with Kigali.

The move is a blow for Prime Minister Rishi Runak, who had urged the House of Lords to pass the plan, saying it was the will of the people.

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