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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

British government plans to ignore part of UK's human rights law to revive its Rwanda asylum plan

PA

The British government on Wednesday published legislation that will let it ignore a part of the U.K.'s human rights law in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.

The bill is part of government plans to overcome a block by the U.K. Supreme Court on its Rwanda policy. The court ruled last month that the plan was illegal because Rwanda is not a safe country for refugees.

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