Exile to Rwanda: British PM escapes defeat

Great Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has triumphed over internal party opposition in a row over his country's asylum policy. A new law aimed at enabling deportations to East Africa's Rwanda won the necessary votes in parliament on Wednesday evening. 320 people voted in favor of the bill and 276 people voted against it.

The British government wants to deport to Rwanda those who enter the country without the necessary documents, regardless of their origin. They should seek refuge there; There are no plans to return to Great Britain.

The Supreme Court of Great Britain previously criticized this as unacceptable. The government now wants to declare the East African state, which critics accuse of human rights abuses, a legally safe third country. This is intended to prevent as much judicial review of planned deportations as possible.

This was not enough for the right wing of Sunak's Conservative Party; Some wanted to make appeals to international courts impossible. Moderate forces in the party rejected this – for fear of violating international agreements. In the next step, the law will now go to the British House of Lords, the second chamber of the legislative process.