UK approves controversial bill to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda
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UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east AfricaHow the UK government’s Rwanda deportation plan was fought in courtRishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill will become law after peers eventually backed down on amending it, opening the way for legal battles over the potential removal of dozens of people seeking asylum.After a marathon battle of “ping pong” over the key legislation between the Commons and the Lords, the bill finally passed...
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UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A controversial law is dividing public opinion in Britain today. Asylum seekers in the United Kingdom will start being shipped off to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks. It comes after the country’s House of Parliament finally passed the required legislation. Tens of thousands of migrants – many fleeing wars and poverty in Africa, the […]
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U.K. Parliament approves a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda
The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.