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Rishi Sunak to hold Downing Street press conference on Rwanda bill this morning

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Vincent
Published date22 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
Weeks of parliamentary back-and-forth are set to come to a head on Monday night. The Government has vowed to keep Parliament sitting late into the night if necessary to pass the Safety of Rwanda Asylum and Immigration Bill, which it sees as vital to the Prime Minister's pledge to "stop the boats"

Mr Sunak will use the press conference on Monday morning to underline why he believes the legislation is vital to his plan to curb small boat crossings of the English Channel. Peers have repeatedly blocked the legislation with a series of amendments, stretching debate on the "emergency legislation" over more than four months and delaying flights taking asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Downing Street is hostile to the idea of making concessions to secure the passage of the Bill, leading to a deadlock with the Lords.

The Bill is intended to overcome the objections of the Supreme Court by forcing judges to treat Rwanda as a safe country for asylum seekers and allowing ministers to ignore emergency injunctions from the European Court of Human Rights.

Mr Sunak has already expressed his frustration, saying last week his patience with those blocking the Bill had "run thin", adding: "No more prevarication, no more delay. We will sit there and vote until it's done."

Last week saw peers amend the Bill yet again to include an exemption for...

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