2024-04-22 23:41:02
The British Parliament has passed a controversial law allowing the government to deport asylum seekers who arrived irregularly in the United Kingdom to Rwanda.
After members of the House of Lords repeatedly sent the bill back to the House of Commons for amendment, they ultimately agreed not to make any further amendments to the bill, allowing it to pass.
Having been approved by both houses of Parliament, the bill will come into force upon its ratification by the King.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the ruling Conservative Party sought to pass this text to force judges to consider Rwanda, located in East Africa, as a safe third country.
Sunak’s government is under increasing pressure to reduce the record number of asylum seekers crossing the border. The Channel Departure from the French coast on small boats.
New legislation gives ministers power to disregard parts of international lawUK Human Rights Act.
Sunak decided to approve the legislation in response to a Supreme Court ruling last year that found sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was a violation of international law.
The National Audit Office estimates that deporting the first 300 migrants will cost the UK 540 million pounds ($665 million), the equivalent of around two million pounds per person.
Sunak confirmed the government had prepared an airport and booked commercial charter planes for the first flight.
The Prime Minister pledged to organize the government Periodic flights to deport asylum seekers In Rwanda over the summer and beyond ‘until the boats’ arriving in the UK with asylum seekers stop.
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