The British government hopes one last push can revive its stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on the deportation flights returns to the House of Commons on Monday. It could be passed into law within days.
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on as he visits an apprentice training centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre , in Coventry, England, Monday March 18, 2024. Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks as he visits an apprentice training centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre , in Coventry, England, Monday March 18, 2024.
Once the bill becomes law, it could be weeks before any flights to Rwanda take off, as people chosen for deportation are likely to lodge legal appeals.British government watchdog says UK’s Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds Just under 30,000 people arrived in Britain in small boats in 2023, many of them not from the African continent at all.
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