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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aletha Aduin Dubai and Kiran Staceyin London

Rishi Sunak ‘won’t allow foreign court to block’ Rwanda plan

Rishi Sunak stands at a podium in Downing Street, London, behind a sign that reads 'stop the boats'
Rishi Sunak holds a press conference in Downing Street after the supreme court ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy was unlawful on 15 November. Photograph: Leon Neal/PA

Rishi Sunak has promised not to allow foreign courts to stop Britain sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, even as a group of more centrist Conservative MPs urges him not to abandon Britain’s international human rights commitments.

The prime minister said on Friday his patience was being “worn thin” by delays to the Rwanda plan, which was ruled illegal under domestic and international law by the supreme court last month.

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