Why was Rwanda policy blocked by courts and what is Rishi Sunak’s Plan B?
by Flora Thompson
Dec 05, 2023
4 minutes
Rishi Sunak’s promise to the British public was a straightforward one – he vowed to “stop the boats” as thousands of asylum seekers crossed the Channel without authorisation.
But as crossings continued, the pledge has been complicated by legal challenges arguing that forcibly removing migrants to Rwanda is against their rights and the law.
The Supreme Court delivered the Prime Minister a blow by ruling that his policy was unlawful.
Five of the UK’s most senior justices ruled the scheme could not go ahead as it was.
They cited a long list of concerns about Rwanda as
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