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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal and Ignatius Ssuuna

Sunak pins hopes on a new Rwanda asylum pact after supreme court defeat

Lawyers speak with the media outside supreme court
Lawyers talk to the media after the supreme court rejected the UK government’s £140m Rwanda asylum plan on Wednesday. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak is attempting to finalise a new pact with Rwanda after a central plank of the British government’s immigration plans was ripped up by the supreme court.

A treaty, which would have to be ratified by the UK parliament, was being drawn up with the government in Kigali, the prime minister said.

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