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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal, Peter Walker, Rowena Mason and Ben Quinn

Rishi Sunak to bring in emergency law after supreme court’s Rwanda ruling

Rishi Sunak holds a press conference in Downing Street, London.
Rishi Sunak said he accepted the supreme court decision but he did not agree with it and would find a way around it. Photograph: Leon Neal/PA

Rishi Sunak has staked his political credibility on pushing through emergency legislation to resurrect his high-profile plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, after the supreme court ruled it was unlawful.

During a combative press conference on Wednesday afternoon, hastily arranged after the five judges unanimously rejected the proposal, Sunak said legislation would end the “merry-go-round” of legal challenges by setting out in law that the east African country is safe.

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