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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker and Kiran Stacey

No 10 rules out overriding international law for Rwanda asylum flights

Suella Braverman outside her home after her sacking, getting into a car, wearing black cardigan, a large silver necklace and a black and white patterned dress with white belt, her hair loose; she is looking downwards
Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, had urged Rishi Sunak to use a legal mechanism known as notwithstanding clauses. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Downing Street has ruled out a proposal by rightwing Conservatives to override international law to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda, prompting threats that rebel MPs will simply seek to amend planned legislation.

Rishi Sunak has promised to introduce a bill to parliament to get around Wednesday’s supreme court ruling that flights to Rwanda could not take place because of the risk that people could be wrongly returned to their home countries.

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