A new law to enforce deportations to Rwanda, East Africa, received the necessary votes in parliament. 320 MPs voted for the bill, 276 voted against it. The British government wants to deport people who come into the country without the necessary papers to Rwanda, regardless of their origin.
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They should apply for asylum there; there are no plans to return to Great Britain. The highest court in Great Britain criticized this as inadmissible. The government now wants to declare the East African state, which critics accuse of human rights violations, a safe third country by law. This is intended to prevent a judicial review of the planned deportations as far as possible.
Impossible appeals in courts demanded
This didn’t go far enough for the right wing of Sunak’s Conservative Party; some also wanted to make appeals to international courts impossible. Moderate forces in the party rejected this – for fear of breaking international agreements. In the next step, the law will now go to the British House of Lords, which is the second chamber in the legislative process.
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