Home Secretary James Cleverly has signed a new immigration treaty with Rwanda and said he intends to introduce emergency legislation to push through the policy in a bid to deter illegal immigrants who are using small boats to cross the English Channel in the hope of gaining asylum.
Last month the UK Supreme Court ruled the government’s flagship Rwanda policy was unlawful because there was too much of a risk genuine refugees would be sent back to their country of origin by the administration in Kigali, which the Home Office has proposed will be in charge of processing asylum applications.
