Rwanda bill ‘not fit for purpose’

Lords slam 'legal fiction' as they inflict first defeat on cruel Tory plan for asylum-seekers

Morning Star

This is a little confusing. I was sure the government was just arguing that it's safe to send people avoiding persecution to Rwanda, and here we are accepting more people from Rwanda fleeing..[checks story]... persecution.

#Rwanda #AsylumSeekers #RwandaTreaty #RwandaDeportation #RwandaBill

https://news.sky.com/story/four-rwandans-granted-refuge-in-uk-over-fears-of-persecution-as-government-argues-country-is-safe-13058353

Four Rwandans granted refuge in UK over fears of persecution - as government argues country is 'safe'

Sky

Sam Coates on Sky says the Prime Minister took an opportunity to lecture the House of Lords

This is because yesterday the House of Lords published this.

"[Concluding] that the arrangements it provides for are incomplete and, accordingly the treaty is not ready for ratification"

#Rwanda #RwandaTreaty #Sunak #UKPol

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/448/international-agreements-committee/news/199464/rwanda-treaty-should-not-be-ratified-until-its-safeguards-have-been-implemented-says-lords-committee/

"Those in favour of the Rwanda scheme do not say (aloud) that they actually want asylum-seekers to end up in places where their lives and freedoms will be threatened on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion."
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/what-is-often-left-unsaid-in-complaints
#humanrights #RwandaTreaty
What is often left unsaid in complaints about pesky human rights law and pesky human rights lawyers

Those criticising human rights law and lawyers often shy away from spelling out the substance of a particular right

The Empty City

#LauraK reminds #Jenrick that #Sunak said of him that, "He fundamentally does not understand the #RwandaTreaty "

Jenrick replies that he understands it more than any other minister in Europe

#Handbags

Matt on #RishiSunak #SuellaBraverman #RwandaTreaty #AsylumBill #AsylumSeekers #ImmigrationPolicy – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Dave Brown's #RoguesGallery cartoon, after #RichardTennantCooper #Sunak #RishiSunak #SuellaBraverman #RwandaTreaty #AsylumBill #AsylumSeekers #ImmigrationPolicy #ToryCivilWar #GeneralElectionN0W – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
If only there was something better that this money could be spend on! The cost of living crisis maybe? #ToryCruelty #RwandaTreaty
BBC News: UK paid Rwanda an extra £100m for asylum deal
BBC News - UK paid Rwanda an extra £100m for asylum deal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67656220
UK paid Rwanda an extra £100m for asylum deal

It means the UK has spent £240m on the scheme, despite no asylum seekers being sent to the African nation.

BBC News
Dave Brown on #Sunak #RishiSunak #RobertJenrick #AsylumPolicy #Immigration #AsylumAndImmigrationBill #RwandaTreaty #ToryCivilWar #CartoonMurals – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com