After a bumpy and lengthier than expected journey the government’s safety of Rwanda legislation has finally reached the parliamentary finishing line with royal assent expected this week. But as a battle on one front ends for the government several new ones open up.
Condemnation of the UK government for pushing ahead with the Rwanda scheme has been unprecedented, within the UK from parliamentarians, lawyers and human rights campaigners and from European and global human rights organisations. UNHCR today issued a statement warning that the new legislation did not overcome the protection gaps identified by the supreme court, which found Rwanda to be unsafe for asylum seekers from the UK. It urged the UK government to reconsider the plan.
