No 10 opposes bill that would allow removal of asylum seekers from UK even if it went against European court judgment

Rishi Sunak has rejected calls by dozens of Conservative MPs to toughen up his asylum plans further by ignoring rulings from the European court of human rights over the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The prime minister sidestepped questions in the Commons over whether he would be willing to withdraw from the European convention on human rights, saying he was delivering legislation allowing people who had arrived illegally to be removed from the UK.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Truss plan to axe sugar tax runs into legal and parliamentary hitches

Prime minister faces difficulties over proposal to ditch soft drinks industry levy…

Biden: Trump should not receive intelligence briefings due to his ‘erratic behavior’

Biden says predecessor shouldn’t have access to briefings, which are traditionally offered…

Ukraine’s inseparable couple ditch handcuffs and go separate ways

After 123 days, Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova decide they were not…

Can we take the hatred out of social media?

While travelling in an ambulance, Chris Jones became fascinated by the cool…