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UK lawmakers vote in favour of Rwanda asylum plan
2023.12.12 14:51
© Reuters. Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet at Guildhall, in London, Britain November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s contentious emergency legislation to allow asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda passed its first parliamentary hurdle on Tuesday.
Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted by 313 to 269 in favour of the bill, which was designed to address concerns raised by the UK Supreme Court which last month declared the policy to be unlawful.
