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Protesters gathered on Monday (Dec.18) outside the UK home office in London. They denounced the government’s immigration policies including its Rwanda asylum plan
Protesters gathered on Monday (Dec.18) outside the UK home office in London. They denounced the government’s immigration policies including its Rwanda asylum plan. The relocation initiative, introduced by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in April 2022, aims to process and potentially resettle asylum seekers in Rwanda, as a deterrent for those attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats. No asylum seekers have been sent from the UK under this scheme.
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was among the speakers who took to the rostrum. The Party also condemned the government for pushing legislation through Parliament to try and get around a Supreme Court judgment, which is saying the removal of people to Rwanda is illegal.
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On December 12, the UK House of Commons voted 313-269 to approve the government’s Rwanda bill in principle, sending it on for further scrutiny. The bill sought to overcome a ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court that the plan to send migrants who reach Britain across the English Channel in boats to Rwanda – where they would stay permanently — is illegal.
