UK enacts the Safety of Rwanda Act, then scraps the Rwanda asylum scheme (2024)
After the UK Supreme Court ruled the Rwanda asylum-removal scheme unlawful (15 November 2023), Parliament passed the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act, which received royal assent on 25 April 2024 and legislatively declared Rwanda a safe country; the incoming Labour government scrapped the scheme in July 2024 with only a handful of voluntary relocations having occurred.
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After the UK Supreme Court ruled the Rwanda asylum-removal scheme unlawful (15 November 2023), Parliament passed the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act, which received royal assent on 25 April 2024 and legislatively declared Rwanda a safe country; the incoming Labour government scrapped the scheme in July 2024 with only a handful of voluntary relocations having occurred.
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Factrail. (2026). UK enacts the Safety of Rwanda Act, then scraps the Rwanda asylum scheme (2024). Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mig-fact-uk-rwanda-safety-act-2024
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