Government Gets Go-ahead to Appeal Against Rwanda Decision at Supreme Court

A group of people thought to be illegal immigrants are brought in onboard a Border Force vessel to Dover, Kent, on July 7, 2023. Gareth Fuller/PA Media

The government has been given the go-ahead to take a legal battle over its Rwanda deportation policy to the Supreme Court.

Under the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum, and will be deported to their home country or a safe third country like Rwanda, and will also be banned from reentry.