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Government plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is illegal, Court of Appeal rules
Home Secretary Suella Braverman tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali during her visit to Rwanda, to see houses that are being constructed that could eventually house deported migrants from Britain, March 18, 2023

THE Tories’ Illegal Migration Bill was in tatters today after the Court of Appeal ruled plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda illegal.

Campaigners hailed its decision to overturn a previous High Court ruling which said the east African nation could be considered a safe country.

There were calls for Home Secretary Suella Braverman to resign in the latest setback in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship policy to “stop the boats” crossing the English Channel.

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