Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024
Make provision about the removal of certain migrants to the Republic of Rwanda.
Government Bill
(Home Office)
What is this Bill?
The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 was a Government Bill that became an Act of Parliament.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill was introduced on 7 December 2023 and became an Act of Parliament on 25 April 2024.
Whose idea is this Bill?Government Bills implement the legislative agenda of the Government. This agenda, and the Bills that will implement it, are outlined in the Queen's Speech at the Session's State Opening of Parliament.
How can I find out exactly what this Bill does?The most straightforward information is contained in the initial Explanatory Notes for the Bill.
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This bill has received Royal Assent and has become an Act of Parliament
Bill Progession through Parliament
Latest Key documents
Timeline of Bill Documents and Stages
25th April 2024
Royal Assent: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
25th April 2024
Royal Assent (Commons)
25th April 2024
Act of Parliament
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (c. 8)
23rd April 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Baroness Hamwee and others regarding the scope of the annual report referred to in the government amendment 9C.
22nd April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments (Lords)
22nd April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
22nd April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments (Lords)
22nd April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
22nd April 2024
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message
22nd April 2024
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message
22nd April 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 65-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons
22nd April 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 66-I Motion for Consideration of Commons Reason
22nd April 2024
Amendments agreed to on Third Reading
HL Bill 66-I Motion for Consideration of Commons Reason
22nd April 2024
Bill
HL Bill 65 Commons Reasons
22nd April 2024
Bill
HL Bill 66 Commons Reason
22nd April 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly - 22 April 2024
22nd April 2024
Minutes of Reasons Committee
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 22 April 2024
22nd April 2024
Bill proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
22nd April 2024
Amendment Paper
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
22nd April 2024
Bill
Bill 206 2023-24 Lords Non-Insistence and Amendments in Lieu
22nd April 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly - 22 April 2024
22nd April 2024
Minutes of Reasons Committee
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 22 April 2024
22nd April 2024
Bill proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
22nd April 2024
Amendment Paper
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
18th April 2024
Bill
Bill 203 2023-24 Lords Non-Insistence and Amendments in Lieu
17th April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments (Lords)
17th April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
17th April 2024
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message
17th April 2024
Bill proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 17 April 2024
17th April 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly - 17 April 2024
17th April 2024
Minutes of Reasons Committee
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 17 April 2024
17th April 2024
Amendment Paper
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 17 April 2024
17th April 2024
Bill
Bill 201 2023-24 Lords Non-Insistence, and Amendments in Lieu
17th April 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 61-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons
17th April 2024
Bill
HL Bill 61 Commons Reasons
16th April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
16th April 2024
Consideration of Commons amendmentsLords Handsard (Lords)
16th April 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 60-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendment
15th April 2024
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message
15th April 2024
Bill
HL Bill 60 Commons Disagreement, Reasons, Insistence on Disagreement and Amendment in Lieu
15th April 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly and selection of motions and amendments by Mr Speaker - 15 April 2024
15th April 2024
Minutes of Reasons Committee
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 15 April 2024
15th April 2024
Bill proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 15 April 2024
15th April 2024
Amendment Paper
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 15 April 2024
22nd March 2024
Bill
Bill 193 2023-24 (Lords non-insistence, amendments in lieu, insistence and reason)
20th March 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
20th March 2024
Consideration of Commons amendments (Lords)
19th March 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 55-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons
18th March 2024
Consideration of Lords amendments (Commons)
18th March 2024
Programme motion
18th March 2024
Bill
HL Bill 55 Commons Reasons
18th March 2024
Bill proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 18 March 2024
18th March 2024
Amendment Paper
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 18 March 2024
18th March 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Grouping by Secretary James Cleverly and selection of motions by Mr Speaker - 18 March 2024
18th March 2024
Minutes of Reasons Committee
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 18 March 2024
15th March 2024
Amendment Paper
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 15 March 2024
15th March 2024
Explanatory Notes
Bill 182 EN 2023-24 (Lords Amendments)
14th March 2024
Amendment Paper
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 14 March 2024
14th March 2024
Briefing papers
Research briefing on progress of the Bill
13th March 2024
Bill
Bill 182 2023-24 (Lords Amendments)
12th March 2024
3rd reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
12th March 2024
3rd reading (Lords)
12th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Coaker regarding the committee stage debate: the Government's assessment of the numbers of people the Bill applies to.
12th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Falconer regarding report stage debate: internal procedures required in the UK for ratification of the UK-Rwanda Treaty: Provision of an Asylum Partnership.
12th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord German regarding the report stage debate: advice in relation to consultation with the Chanel Islands on the Bill.
11th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Kerr regarding procedures established in line with Article 10.3 of the UK-Rwanda Treaty to ensure refoulement does not take place.
7th March 2024
Bill
HL Bill 51 (as amended on Report)
6th March 2024
Report stage (Lords)
6th March 2024
Report stage: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
6th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Falconer regarding why a decision made by a minister to not follow an interim measure from the European Court of Human rights is not susceptible to judicial review.
6th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Scriven regarding the report stage debate (first day): legal provisions in Rwanda for those identifying as transgender.
6th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Scriven regarding the points raised in the report stage debate (first day): terminology in Article 13 of the Treaty.
6th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Chakrabarti regarding the committee stage debate: Clause 5 - the operation of interim measures indicated by the European Court of Human Rights under Rule 39 of its Rules of Court.
6th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Chakrabarti regarding consultation with the Attorney General, and complying with interim measure.
6th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Anderson regarding compliance with interim measures and international obligations.
4th March 2024
Report stage: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
4th March 2024
Report stage (Lords)
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Falconer regarding implementation in practice of the provisions set out in the UK-Rwanda Treaty.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Whitaker regarding the committee stage debate: detention of the journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Anderson regarding the impact of the Bill in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission report.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Lister regarding the committee stage debate (second day): Northern Ireland - Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Falconer regarding committee stage debate: implementation in practice of the provisions in the UK-Rwanda Treaty: Provision of an asylum partnership - question concerning Rwandan domestic legislation.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Baroness Lister regarding the committee stage debate: question concerning Home Office statistics on those in detention who have suffered torture.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Carlile regarding the committee stage debate: accommodation currently available in Rwanda.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Baroness Brinton regarding the Safety of committee stage debate: age assessment provisions in the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and their effect on those eligible for removal to Rwanda.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Purvis regarding the committee stage debate: victims of modern slavery and human trafficking (referrals into the National Referral Mechanism) and the Illegal Migration Act.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Kerr regarding the committee stage debate: the safety of Rwanda for the purposes of relocating individuals under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Scriven regarding committee stage debate, including progress towards operationalisation of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership, 'incompatibility' between Rwandan and UK laws, and Rwandan decision-making and provision of care for all relocated individuals.
4th March 2024
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Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Purvis regarding the committee stage debate: funding elements for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.
4th March 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R-II Second marshalled list for Report
1st March 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R-I(a) Amendment for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
29th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R-I Marshalled list for Report
28th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R(f) Amendment for Report
27th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R(e) Amendments for Report
23rd February 2024
Select Committee report
4th Report of the International Agreements Committee
23rd February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R(d) Amendments for Report
22nd February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R(c) Amendments for Report
21st February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R(b) Amendments for Report
20th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-R(a) Amendments for Report
19th February 2024
Committee stage part two (Lords)
19th February 2024
Committee stage part one (Lords)
19th February 2024
Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part two (Lords)
19th February 2024
Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part one (Lords)
15th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-III Third marshalled list for Committee
14th February 2024
Committee stage (Lords)
14th February 2024
Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
12th February 2024
Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
12th February 2024
Committee stage (Lords)
12th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-II Second marshalled list for Committee
8th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41-I Marshalled list for Committee
7th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41(g) Amendments for Committee
6th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41(f) Amendments for Committee
5th February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41(e) Amendments for Committee
2nd February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41(d) Amendments for Committee
1st February 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41(c) Amendments for Committee
31st January 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41(b) Amendments for Committee
30th January 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 41(a) Amendments for Committee
29th January 2024
2nd readingMinutes of Proceddings (Lords)
29th January 2024
2nd reading (Lords)
25th January 2024
Briefing papers
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: HL Bill 41
25th January 2024
Select Committee report
8th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
18th January 2024
1st reading (Lords)
18th January 2024
1st reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
18th January 2024
Bill
HL Bill 41 (as brought from the Commons)
18th January 2024
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 41 Explanatory Notes
17th January 2024
3rd reading (Commons)
17th January 2024
Committee of the whole House day 2 (Commons)
17th January 2024
Amendment Paper
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 17 January 2024
17th January 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Provisional grouping and selection of amendments by Chairman of Ways and Means - 17 January 2024
17th January 2024
Bill proceedings: Commons
Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 17 January 2024
16th January 2024
Committee of the whole House Day 1 (Commons)
16th January 2024
Amendment Paper
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 16 January 2024
16th January 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Provisional grouping and selection of amendments by Chairman of Ways and Means - 16 January 2024
15th January 2024
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 15 January 2024
12th January 2024
Briefing papers
Research Briefing on legal commentary
12th January 2024
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 12 January 2024
11th January 2024
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 11 January 2024
10th January 2024
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2024
10th January 2024
Selection of amendments: Commons
Provisional grouping and selection of amendments by Chairman of Ways and Means
20th December 2023
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 20 December 2023
15th December 2023
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 15 December 2023
13th December 2023
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 13 December 2023
12th December 2023
2nd reading (Commons)
12th December 2023
Programme motion
12th December 2023
Relevant documents
Equality Impact Assessment from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
12th December 2023
Relevant documents
Economic Note from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
12th December 2023
Relevant documents
Policy Statement from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
8th December 2023
Briefing papers
Research briefing on the Bill
7th December 2023
1st reading (Commons)
7th December 2023
Explanatory Notes
Bill 38 EN 2023-24
7th December 2023
Human rights memorandum
Human Rights Memorandum from the Home Office - December 2023
7th December 2023
Bill
Bill 38 2023-24 (as introduced)