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    Rwanda stand-off continues as peers inflict fresh defeats on asylum policy

    by Sophie Wingate Apr 16, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    The parliamentary “ping-pong” over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme will continue on Wednesday after peers gave the controversial policy a fresh beating.

    Despite MPs overturning previous changes by the House of Lords, the unelected chamber on Tuesday again pressed demands for revisions to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, prolonging the parliamentary wrangling.

    The latest Government setbacks mean the proposed law is, where it is expected to be presented again on Wednesday before once again being passed back to the Lords.

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