UK Set to Appeal Court Ruling Invalidating Rwanda Asylum Deal
The United Kingdom says it would appeal a solit ruling of the Court of Appeal which said Rwanda could not be considered a safe third country where migrants from any country could be sent.
But the judges said that a policy of deporting asylum seekers to another country deemed as safe was not in itself illegal.
But Home Secretary, Suella Braverman said she and the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak disagreed with the judgement.
Although the UK government considers the deal with Rwanda expensive, it is doubling down on the idea, drafting legislation barring anyone who arrives in the U.K. in small boats or by other unauthorized means from applying for asylum.
If passed, the bill would compel the government to detain all such arrivals and deport them to their homeland or a safe third country.
The United Kingdom says it would appeal a solit ruling of the Court of Appeal which said Rwanda could not be considered a safe third country where migrants from any country could be sent.
But the judges said that a policy of deporting asylum seekers to another country deemed as safe was not in itself illegal.
But Home Secretary, Suella Braverman said she and the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak disagreed with the judgement.
Although the UK government considers the deal with Rwanda expensive, it is doubling down on the idea, drafting legislation barring anyone who arrives in the U.K. in small boats or by other unauthorized means from applying for asylum.
If passed, the bill would compel the government to detain all such arrivals and deport them to their homeland or a safe third country.
