The package of legislation would allow asylum seekers who have arrived in Britain to be sent to Rwanda to await a decision on asylum. After a positive decision, they would be allowed to stay in Rwanda.
The British House of Commons has voted in favor of the so-called Rwanda Law. The law passed the House of Commons of the British Parliament by 320–276 votes.
Next, the law is scheduled to go before the British House of Commons.
The package of laws is a conservative prime minister Rishi Sun too attempt to reduce the number of asylum seekers heading to Britain. In its simplicity, the legislative package would allow asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda to await a decision on asylum.
However, they would only be allowed to stay in Rwanda after a positive decision, not in Britain.
Rebellion in Sunak’s own ranks
Before the vote, Sunak faced a small-scale rebellion in his own ranks, when two vice-chairmen of the conservative party resigned in protest.
by Lee Anderson and by Brendan Clarke-Smith felt that the Rwanda law package did not become harsh enough even with the proposed changes they supported. The two resigned after they, together with 60 other party colleagues, proposed blackmail into the law without success.
The right wing’s proposals included, among other things, that the bill should include a note that international agreements or Britain’s own laws would not be used to prevent or delay the sending of people to Rwanda.
According to the opposition Labor Party, the departures of Anderson and Clarke-Smith show that even high-ranking decision-makers in the Conservative Party do not believe in their party’s chances of success.
– Rishi Sunak is too weak to lead his party and too weak to lead the country, said the campaign coordinator of the Labor Party Pat McFadden For the Guardian.
The aim is to define Rwanda as safe
The conservative government has not sent any asylum seekers to Rwanda since the Supreme Court ruled last year that it was illegal.
The British government is seeking to establish Rwanda as a so-called safe state by law.
If the package of laws goes into effect in its current form, the courts would not be allowed to hear cases involving Rwanda’s status as a safe country.
However, if the case were to be heard, the courts would have to follow the definitions dictated by the government regarding Rwanda’s security. This was also the case in those cases where there would be indisputable evidence of Rwanda’s insecurity.
The source is also the news agency AFP.