UK, Rwanda strike new treaty in an attempt to unblock their controversial asylum plan
- The UK and Rwanda are committed to improving their partnership despite a recent setback in the Supreme Court. There are no plans to withdraw from the partnership.
- The court decision deemed the UK-Rwanda migration policy incompatible with international obligations due to concerns about returning migrants to places where they could face persecution. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to pass emergency legislation to designate Rwanda as a safe country.
- The new agreement between the UK and Rwanda includes commitments from Rwanda regarding the treatment of asylum-seekers and other migrants sent there.
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UK signs new asylum treaty with Rwanda
There’s no credible reason to question Rwanda’s record, according to the Home Secretary James Cleverly, who’s been in Kigali signing a new treaty he hopes will get the Government’s asylum seeker policy back on track. Last month the UK’s Supreme Court blocked plans to deport illegal migrants there, saying it was unsafe. But Mr Cleverly lavished praise on what he called Rwanda’s “humane and professional administration of refugees”.
UK minister signs new Rwanda migration treaty
Britain signed a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday which it said would overcome a court decision blocking its plan to deport asylum seekers to the East African country, a ruling that dealt a huge blow to the government's immigration policy. Alex Cohen has more.
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