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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

The noble Lord, Lord Howard, is quite right that the crux of the Supreme Court judgment is the question of refoulement. Ex-diplomats tend to take treaties very seriously. They read Article 10.3 of the treaty with Rwanda, which says:

“The Parties shall cooperate to agree an effective system for ensuring”

that refoulement does not occur. I repeat:

“The parties shall cooperate to agree an effective system”.

That is the crux of it. Where is that system? Can we see it? If we could see that system, it might help us to determine whether Rwanda is safe.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
836 c71 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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