The plan of the United Kingdom’s government to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda goes against the country’s human rights obligations and may breach international law, according to a parliamentary report.
Lawmakers from parliament’s cross-party Joint Committee on Human Rights said in a damning 52-page report released on Monday that the government’s legislation to revive its deportation plan is “not compatible with the UK’s international obligations”.
The bill, which is progressing through parliament quickly, aims to counter a judgement by the Supreme Court in November that found Rwanda is not a safe country to which people seeking asylum in the UK can be forcibly removed.
The legislation states that Rwanda is a safe country and anyone sent there by the UK government will not be once more displaced to another unsafe country. The parliamentary report on Monday said this cannot be guaranteed in practice.
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