LONDON, UK – A UK parliamentary committee has deemed the government’s Rwanda deportation legislation fundamentally incompatible with Britain’s human rights duties.
In a damning report, the cross-party Joint Committee on Human Rights critiqued the proposed bill declaring Rwanda a safe country for asylum transfers.
The legislation aims to override a Supreme Court ruling that found forced removals to Rwanda were unlawful given safety concerns. But the committee believes the bill cannot guarantee protection against onward deportation from Rwanda to unsafe nations.
This adds to mounting legal opinion challenging the viability of the UK’s Rwanda asylum policy on grounds of safety and rights compliance. Last November, the Supreme Court ruled the scheme unlawful citing risks of rights breaches.
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Rights groups have warned the Rwanda bill undermines international law prohibiting returns to persecution. The UN Refugee Agency opposes external asylum processing citing access and safety issues in third countries.
With the Rwanda bill facing obstacles, the UK government faces pressure to reconsider external asylum schemes that purportedly contravene its human rights commitments. But it remains defiant amid ongoing political and legal disputes over the policy’s legitimacy.
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