Sunak risks angering Tory right by avoiding most hardline Rwanda legislation as draft bill unveiled
by Sam Blewett
Dec 06, 2023
3 minutes
Rishi Sunak has risked enflaming anger on the Tory right by shunning the most hardline option with his legislation aimed at reviving the stalled Rwanda asylum policy.
The draft Bill, published on Wednesday, compels judges to treat the East African nation as a safe country after the Supreme Court ruled the scheme was unlawful over risks to refugees.
The legislation, which must be voted on by Parliament, gives ministers the powers to disregard sections of the Human Rights Act.
But it does not go as far as providing powers to dismiss have demanded.
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