Rishi Sunak¡¯s government is preparing to get the first deportation flights to Rwanda off the ground by July after the U.K. prime minister¡¯s flagship law to declare the African nation a ¡°safe¡± destination for asylum-seekers cleared its final hurdle in Parliament.
Following weeks of legislative ¡°ping-pong¡± between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber dropped its opposition to the government¡¯s plan, allowing it to become law.
The measure, introduced last year to circumvent a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that blocked deportations on human rights grounds, passed after the Lords dropped its amendment to include extra procedures before Rwanda can be deemed ¡°safe.¡±
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