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UK parliament votes in favour of Rwanda asylum plan
The UK’s plan to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda has passed the House of Commons, but faces challenges in the House of Lords and the Supreme Court.
The policy aims to deter migrants from crossing the Channel, but some doubt its legality and effectiveness.
- Essam Al-Ghalib
- SBS
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has quelled a Conservative Party rebellion and got his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda through the House of Commons.
The bill now goes to the unelected House of Lords, Parliament’s upper chamber, where it faces more opposition where Mr Sunak’s Conservatives do not have a majority.The Lords can…