Court of Appeal deems Rwanda migrant policy unlawful
Judges at the Court of Appeal have ruled that it is “unlawful” to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Braverman responded to the ruling with a statement to House of Commons, in which she said the government “fundamentally believes it is only by removing the incentive for people to take dangerous and unnecessary journeys that we will stop the boats” and that the ruling is “disappointing for the majority of British people who have repeatedly voted for controlled immigration”.
She also argued that judges’ concerns around the policy were not based on the possibility that conditions in Rwanda would be unsafe, but the chance that asylum seekers could be sent to unsafe countries by Rwanda.
Labour responded by describing the Rwanda policy as a “total con” and that the “Tory boats crisis has grown and grown” along with the total cost of the asylum system itself owing to “Tory mismanagement and chaos”, according to the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper.
At the time of writing, the government intends to appeal the decision through the Supreme Court.
Here’s how media outlets took on the ruling.
We knew it and thank God judges agree: Suella Braverman’s ‘cash for humans’ plan is immoral – and illegal
The Government’s Rwanda asylum deal is left down, but not out
Defeat over the Rwanda policy is a disaster for Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak confident of overturning Rwanda migrant plan verdict
Plan B:
Rishi Sunak is right to contest the Court of Appeal. But he needs a Plan B in place if his entire policy on illegal immigration is not to fall apart
Humiliated Rishi Sunak hits out as court rules Rwanda migrant policy UNLAWFUL
After Rwanda court ruling it’s time to start air dropping migrants back to France
Rwanda plan flaws are not separate from moral argument against it
