Top court upholds ruling that UK's Rwanda migrant plan is unlawful

FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand on duty outside the Supreme Court in Parliament Square, central London, Britain December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

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The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government's scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, dealing a massive blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's immigration policy and major election pledge before a vote expected next year.

The court unanimously rejected the government's appeal against an earlier ruling that migrants could not be sent to Rwanda because it could not be considered a safe third country.

This article was produced by Reuters news agency. It has not been edited by Global South World.

By Reuters

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