Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda deportation legislation survived a right-wing Conservative rebellion on Wednesday night (January 17).
The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill passed its third reading in the Commons. The bill, which aims to declare that Rwanda is a safe country to deport asylum seekers to, was passed by 320 votes to 276 - a majority of 44.
Its passage came after a number of Conservative MPs publicly announced they would vote against it at its third reading - including former home secretary Suella Braverman. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. More than 60 Tory MPs had earlier supported an amendment designed to toughen the draft law, voting for a proposal designed to allow UK ministers to ignore emergency injunctions by European judges attempting to stop asylum seeker deportation flights to east Africa from taking off.
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