New UK-Rwanda treaty
The Independent, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Gazette, Glasgow Times, Telegraph & Argus, Sutton & Croydon Guardian, Thetford & Brandon, London Economic, New York Folk and over 40 other outlets report that the Home Secretary has signed a new treaty with Rwanda to overcome the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Rwanda asylum plan is unlawful.
The government will attempt to use this new UK-Rwanda treaty to revive the policy.
Law Society president Nick Emmerson said: “While parliament has the right to respond to a court judgment by passing legislation to change a point of domestic law, the Supreme Court’s finding in this case was on a point of fact, based on a core and well-established principle of international law.
“That fact is that Rwanda is not considered a safe country given the high risk of refoulement of asylum seekers. Neither a treaty nor domestic legislation can overnight provide adequate means of safeguarding the rights of people removed to Rwanda.
“We will be carefully considering the terms of the treaty and legislation when they are available. For now, the UK government must at a minimum make sure that ample opportunity is given to parliament to properly scrutinise both.”
BBC Shropshire, BBC Stoke and BBC Hereford & Worcester (from 3:48:54) mention our views on this new treaty.
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