The UK ruling Conservative party is in disarray after the government published emergency legislation aimed at allowing a controversial deportation scheme to Rwanda to move forward.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s position looked vulnerable on Wednesday after immigration minister Robert Jenrick resigned due to “strong disagreements with the direction” of the government’s policy on immigration.
The “Safety of Rwanda Bill” is designed to overcome a November 15 ruling by the UK Supreme Court that found the government’s proposed scheme to send thousands of asylum seekers and migrants to the East African nation to be unlawful.
The draft bill, which deems Rwanda a safe country and is set to be rushed through the House of Commons, bypasses some sections of the Human Rights Act (HRA) and “any other provision or rule of domestic law, and any interpretation of international law by the court or tribunal”.
The proposed legislation would also give courts the ability to ignore any injunction from the European Court of Human Rights to block flights.
Sunak has promoted the emergency law, saying it allowed the deportation plan to no longer be bogged down in the courts.
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