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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

UK supreme court to rule on legality of plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

The home secretary, Suella Braverman, laying a brick in Kigali, Rwanda, in March.
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, visiting Kigali, Rwanda, in March. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Rishi Sunak’s government will discover next Wednesday whether its flagship immigration policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful.

The supreme court will give its judgment after the Home Office challenged a court of appeal ruling that the multimillion-pound deal to send deported asylum seekers to the east African nation was unlawful.

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