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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

UK ministers’ efforts to revive Rwanda policy likely to fail, lawyers say

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak has said he will legislate that Rwanda is safe and negotiate a new treaty with the country. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Lawyers have said that UK ministers’ latest plans to get their high-profile Rwanda policy off the ground are unlikely to overcome the legal obstacles that defeated them in the supreme court on Wednesday.

After the five judges unanimously rejected the government’s plans to deport people seeking asylum in the UK to the east African country, Rishi Sunak said that he would ensure the flights could go ahead by legislating that Rwanda was safe.

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