After a protracted round of parliamentary “ping pong”, peers finally approved the Government’s Rwanda bill on Monday night, clearing the way for it to become law.
The legislation instructs judges to treat Rwanda as a safe country for asylum seekers. This will prevent migrants from challenging their deportation on the basis of general claims about Rwanda’s safety, although they will still be able to appeal on the grounds that there is “compelling evidence” that the country is unsafe for them owing to their individual circumstances.
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