U.K.’s Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful, court rules

  • December 20, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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U.K.’s Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful, court rules

  • Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful, London’s High Court ruled on Monday, in a victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has made a high-stakes political promise to tackle the record number of migrant arrivals in small boats.
  • The asylum policy would involve Britain sending tens of thousands of migrants who arrive on its shores more than 6,400 km to Rwanda.

About Rwanda

  • It is a landlocked country in Africa
  • It lies towards south of the equator
  • Bordering countries:
  • Uganda
  • Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
  • Burundi
  • Tanzania
  • Kenya
  • Important lakes: Lake Kivu, one of the Great Lakes of East Africa, lies between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Kigali agreement to curb the use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) was signed in capital city Kigali in Rwanda

U.K.'s Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful