MPs have rejected all the Lords’ Rwanda Bill amendments, after the Government was accused of “flogging a dead horse” with the policy.The seven amendments included those that sought to require local authorities to complete age assessments for migrants before their removal, and to exempt Afghan staff who worked alongside the UK armed forces.The Bill will return to the Lords tomorrow, when it is expected that Labour and crossbench peers may seek to reinstate three or four amendments.The votes came...
The House of Lords snubbed ministerial calls to back down and insisted by 245 votes to 208, majority 37, on a requirement that the east African country cannot be treated as safe.
The UK is reported to have held talks with other countries to replicate the scheme if it is successful.
Ministers have come under fire for failing to “run votes through the night” as peers blocked Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill for a fourth time on Wednesday, threatening further delays to the first deportation flights.]]>
Rishi Sunak’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda have been given the green light after Lords cave to MPs
Rishi Sunak said there will be no more delays to his asylum plan and Parliament will sit and "vote until it's done".
Legislation to return to the Commons with changes that would ensure conformity with UK and other law and protect claimantsThe Rwanda deportation bill has been delayed for at least one more day after the House of Lords voted for amendments that would ensure that it adheres to international and key domestic laws.The plan to spend £541m to send 300 people seeking asylum to east Africa was sent back to the House of Commons after peers voted several times to add protections for claimants to the bill....
The bill has been a topic of much political contentiousness in the United Kingdom since the idea was first introduced in 2022.
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Flights have been pushed back to summer after the House of Lords spoke out for Afghans and refugees – here’s what to expect over the coming weeksRishi Sunak’s plan to fly people seeking asylum to Rwanda this spring appears to have been put back to the summer after House of Lords insisted on changes to the scheme.On Thursday the prime minister’s spokesperson said the Lords were responsible for any delay after attaching unwanted amendments to the deportation bill. Continue reading
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Parliamentary stand-off ends, opening the way for asylum seekers to be sent