Rwanda bill: Relief for Rishi Sunak as legislation passes final Commons hurdle

British leader Sunak urges Parliament's upper house to swiftly pass Rwanda migration plan

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak laid out a challenge Thursday to members of Parliament's unelected upper chamber to swiftly pass his controversial plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda Sunak said any attempt by the House of Lords to soften or delay the policy, which elected…

UK parliament approves bill to deport immigrants to Rwanda

The UK parliament approves the new copy of the Prime Minister's controversial Rwanda bill.

Rwanda: PM urges House of Lords to pass bill to deport asylum seekers

Rishi Sunak has told the House of Lords that they should not frustrate his plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. He told them that as the Commons passed his Bill with no changes last night, peers would be “frustrating the will of the people” if they didn’t do the same thing. But despite the Prime Minister’s determination to get his new law on to the statute book fast, he didn’t guarantee that deportation flights would take off this year.

With Rwanda deportation bill, U.K. evades human rights norms it established

The House of Commons has passed migration legislation that departs from international human rights obligations the U.K. helped to write.

British leader Sunak urges Parliament's upper house to swiftly pass Rwanda migration plan

LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak laid out a challenge Thursday to members of Parliament's unelected upper chamber to swiftly pass his controversial plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda

British leader Sunak urges Parliament's upper house to swiftly pass Rwanda migration plan

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves following a press conference in Downing Street in London, Thursday Jan. 18, 2024. Sunak quelled a Conservative Party rebellion and got his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda through the House of Commons on Wednesday. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP) (Stefan Rousseau / Associated Press) British leader Sunak urges Parliament's upper house to swiftly pass Rwanda migrat…