I will make further progress. Thanks to the efforts on the part of the UK Government and the Government of Rwanda, that is exactly what we have done in response to the verdict from the Supreme Court. The new treaty that I signed last week with Rwanda and the Bill that accompanies it are game changing. The principle of relocating people to a safe country, to have their asylum claim processed there, is entirely consistent with the terms of the refugee convention. Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal unanimously confirmed that point.
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
James Cleverly
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 December 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.
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