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The UK’s Safety of Rwanda Bill is a reminder that democracies are not immune from attacks on the rule of law

EXPERT COMMENT

The UK government’s new bill, unveiled alongside a new treaty with Rwanda, is extraordinary – for all the wrong reasons.

The immigration minister Robert Jenrick has resigned on the basis that the government’s new Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill does not go far enough to stop irregular migration to the UK – something he calls ‘a national emergency’.  

Yet the short bill contains many problematic clauses with long-term significance and precedent-setting potential.

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