The government wants to relocate thousands of asylum seekers who
arrive in Britain on small, inflatable boats each year to live
in Rwanda, but legal challenges have so far prevented anyone
being sent to the East African country yet.
To overcome objections by the court, Sunak's government is
passing the bill that declares Rwanda a safe country for asylum
seekers and disapplies parts of human rights law in an attempt
to block further legal challenges.
The bill must return to the House of Commons after the House of
Lords on Wednesday defeated the government and reinstated
demands for greater protections in a process known as “ping
pong", where it is passed between the two parliamentary chambers
until they can agree the final wording.
The legislation will now be debated after the House of Commons'
Easter break according to an announcement of upcoming
parliamentary business by leader of the House of Commons Penny
Mordaunt.
(Reporting by Muvija M; editing by William James)
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