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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Sunak’s Rwanda treaty ‘unlikely to satisfy supreme court’, say legal experts

Rishi Sunak stands at a lectern that displays the words 'Stop the boats'
Rishi Sunak hosting a press conference in December after Britain and Rwanda signed a new treaty to transfer asylum seekers to the east African country. Photograph: James Manning/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda treaty is unlikely to address concerns raised by the supreme court about the country not being a safe place to send asylum seekers, a House of Lords inquiry has been told.

Ahead of next week’s showdown on the Rwanda legislation, the Law Society, academics and human rights groups said the treaty risked undermining the rule of law and highlighted the untested nature of the proposed asylum system to be adopted by the east African country.

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