Peers seek to block Rwanda plan
PEERS have moved against floundering PM Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Bill after backing motions to block its implementation.
The vote in the House of Lords on Monday night provoked anti-migrant hardliners to demand the abolition of the upper house, a policy normally championed by the left.
Peers voted by 214 to 171 to urge that the Bill, which permits refugees to be deported to Rwanda, be delayed until the African country has improved its asylum procedures.
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