The UK Supreme Court has declared the British government’s contentious proposal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as illegal, BBC reports
This plan was devised to discourage individuals from making perilous journeys across the Channel in small boats.
In Rwanda, individuals will be given the option to seek asylum within the country, return to their home country, or pursue asylum in a different nation, excluding the United Kingdom.
But Lord Reed, President of the court, says there is a “real risk” asylum seekers may be sent from Rwanda to the places they fled from.
Since being announced in 2022, the plan has been thwarted by legal challenges – the High Court ruled it lawful before the Court of Appeal overturned the decision.
The Supreme Court has now confirmed the Court of Appeal’s decision.
