Supreme Court rules Rwanda scheme unlawful

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The Supreme Court has ruled that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful, in a major blow for Rishi Sunak's promise to "stop the boats". Five justices at the UK's highest court unanimously rejected the government's appeal over its policy of removing asylum seekers to the east African nation if they arrive by unauthorised means. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Nevertheless, asking ourselves whether there were substantial grounds for believing that
00:05 a real risk of refoulement existed at the relevant time, we have concluded that there
00:12 were.
00:13 The changes needed to eliminate the risk of refoulement may be delivered in the future,
00:20 but they have not been shown to be in place now.
00:25 The Home Secretary's appeal is therefore dismissed.

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