Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

In November 2023 the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom found that the Government’s policy of removing individuals who enter the UK without authorisation to Rwanda was unlawful. The Supreme Court concluded that Rwanda was not a safe destination because of the risk that asylum seekers removed from the UK might be sent on to face persecution or human rights abuses in another country. The Government’s response was to enter into a new legally binding treaty with Rwanda and introduced the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, intended to establish that Rwanda is a safe country and to prevent legal challenges to that conclusion. This report, which includes formal minutes relating to the report, warns that the bill is incompatible with Britain’s human rights obligations and places it in breach of international law.