Mark Conrad 15 November 2023

Councils brace as Supreme Court outlaws Rwanda asylum plan

Councils brace as Supreme Court outlaws Rwanda asylum plan image
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The Supreme Court has ruled the UK’s controversial proposal to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful – a decision likely to impact local government.

In a unanimous decision today, five Supreme Court judges led by Lord Reed said there was a ‘real risk’ that asylum seekers sent to Rwanda could end up back in the country they were fleeing – where they could be subject to inhumane treatment.

The judgment does not prevent the UK from sending migrants to a third country, but it leaves the Rwanda plan - the brainchild of former home secretary Priti Patel and backed by her recently-sacked successor Suella Braverman – in tatters.

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