Rishi Sunak has vowed to introduce emergency legislation asserting that Rwanda is a safe country, as he attempted to claw back some authority, after the government’s flagship policy to “stop the small boats” was left in tatters.
This morning, the Supreme Court ruled that the government’s plan to put asylum seekers who have entered Britain illegally on a one-way plane to Rwanda is unlawful. The unanimous ruling ends 18 months of legal battles in UK courts over a scheme which has already cost the taxpayer £140 million, despite not one asylum seeker actually leaving the UK under it.
