The UK Supreme Court has declared the British government’s controversial proposal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as illegal.
The Independent Mirror reported that a five-judge panel at the UK’s highest court unanimously sided with Court of Appeal judges that the policy was incompatible with Britain’s obligations under international treaties.
Lord Reed, President of the court, noted that there is a “real risk” asylum seekers may be sent from Rwanda to the places they fled from.
The judgment does not ban sending migrants to another country, but it leaves the Rwanda scheme in disarray, and it is not clear which other nations are prepared to do a similar deal with the UK.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak responded by saying that the judgment was not the outcome he hoped for. He however noted that they had spent the last few months planning for all eventualities and they remain committed to stopping the boats completely.
