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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Alasdair Soussi

What is the UK’s ‘Safety of Rwanda’ bill and why are MPs fighting over it?

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak succeeded in getting his 'Safety of Rwanda' bill passed in its third reading in the House of Commons [Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Reuters]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has succeeded in pushing his asylum and immigration bill through the House of Commons after an expected rebellion by Conservative Party MPs came to nothing.

Some MPs from Sunak’s own party had threatened to vote against the “Safety of Rwanda” deportation bill on the grounds that government plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda were not robust enough to survive legal challenges.

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