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Sunak accused of seeking to put ‘government above the rule of law’ with Rwanda Bill
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in Downing Street in London, January 18, 2024

RISHI SUNAK’S proposed Rwanda asylum legislation sets a dangerous precedent by seeking to put the government above the rule of law, campaigners said today. 

The warning came as Parliament’s joint committee on human rights cautioned that the Bill would violate international law and was “fundamentally incompatible” with Britain’s human rights obligations.

The Safety of Rwanda Bill aims to prevent legal challenges to the deportation scheme, following a Supreme Court ruling against the plan, by severely limiting asylum-seekers’ right of appeal against being put on a flight.

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