Rishi Sunak’s ambition to “stop the boats” has hit rough water. His government’s scheme to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda has been ruled illegal. Its Illegal Migration Bill, meanwhile, has so many defects it seems largely unworkable
, which Parliament’s upper chamber is considering, would render inadmissible asylum claims by those who reach Britain in this way and allow the government to detain and deport them.
The Illegal Migration Bill, meanwhile, has so many defects it seems largely unworkable. Many of those who enter Britain in small boats are asylum-seekers who can legitimately expect to be recognised as refugees under the terms of the Refugee Convention, to which Britain is a signatory. Among those who arrived in small boats in 2022 nearly half came from just five countries: within that group, of those who have seen a decision made, well over four-fifths were granted asylum.
The government’s small-boats policy is thus being slowed, but not permanently blocked. The government might prevail on Rwanda. The court’s judgment was made on narrow grounds. Two of the three judges considered the scheme illegal because deficiencies in Rwanda’s asylum system could mean people would be sent to their home countries. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, disagreed. Yet all three accepted that Rwanda had given assurances in good faith.
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