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    Rwanda Bill stand-off as defiant peers inflict a fresh round of defeats

    by Nick Lester Mar 20, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan has been hit by further delay after defiant peers dug their heels in and inflicted a series of fresh defeats against the controversial policy.

    MPs rejected a raft of changes made to the draft legislation by the House of Lords earlier this week and ministers urged the unelected chamber to allow it to become law.

    But peers have again pressed their demands for revisions to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) , including overturning the

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