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PM Sunak considers 'next steps' as UK Supreme Court rules Rwanda migrant deal 'unlawful'

Protesters hold up placards as they gather close to the Brook House immigration removal centre beside Gatwick Airport, south of London on June 12, 2022, to demonstrate against the UK government's intention to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda. AFP - NIKLAS HALLE'N

Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Conservative government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal, striking a major blow to a key policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's administration that has drawn international attention and criticism.

Five judges on the UK's top court said Wednesday that asylum-seekers would be “at real risk of ill-treatment” because they could be sent back to their home countries once they were in Rwanda.

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