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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin and Archie Mitchell

Sunak vows emergency law change in last-ditch bid to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

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Rishi Sunak made a last-ditch effort to rescue Tory plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the Supreme Court left his flagship “stop the boats” policy in tatters.

The prime minister vowed to bring in emergency legislation and to strike a new treaty with the African country, following a ruling by the UK’s most senior judges that the original plan was unlawful.

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