Britain’s tough asylum plans are held up in court and by the Lords
Rishi Sunak will push on with efforts to “stop the boats”
RISHI SUNAK’S ambition to “stop the boats” has hit rough water. On June 29th the Court of Appeals ruled that his government’s proposed solution to the problem of asylum-seekers crossing the English Channel in flimsy dinghies—packing some off to Rwanda—was illegal. In the following week the House of Lords put fresh dents in his other plan, the legislation that would allow this to happen. The Illegal Migration Bill, which Parliament’s upper chamber is considering, would render inadmissible asylum claims by those who reach Britain in this way and allow the government to detain and deport them.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “No smooth sailing”
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