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Eugene

(62,646 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2022, 08:52 AM Dec 2022

Rwanda migrant plan is lawful, High Court rules

Source: BBC

Rwanda migrant plan is lawful, High Court rules

19 December 2022

By Rachel Russell
BBC News

The government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has ruled.

The court ruled on Monday that the scheme did not breach the UN's Refugee Convention or human rights laws.

But the cases of eight asylum seekers had not been "properly considered" and would need to be reconsidered, judges added.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she is committed to making the Rwanda policy work.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64024461

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Rwanda migrant plan is lawful, High Court rules (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2022 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Dec 2022 #1

Why is this good exactly? VMA131Marine Dec 2022 #2

yikes, I misread it (I was on the tunnelbana, the subway), I thought it said unlawful Celerity Dec 2022 #3

Ugh. n/t Emrys Dec 2022 #4

Ugh. Seriously ugh. LeftishBrit Dec 2022 #5

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Celerity This message was self-deleted by its author.

VMA131Marine

(4,646 posts)

2. Why is this good exactly?

Reply to Celerity (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 10:08 AM

Dec 2022

Shipping people to a country they have no ties with and which has an authoritarian government with a history of human rights abuses must represent some definition of the word “good” I am not familiar with.