Asylum: Rwanda
(asked on 13th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there was any parliamentary approval regarding the agreement reached with Rwanda in relation to asylum seekers.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
We will not provide a running commentary on operational planning for a charter flight. Information will be provided in due course.
The UK has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership arrangement and to address the shared challenge of illegal migration. This has been published on GOV.UK. The Migration and Economic Development Partnership fully complies with all national and international law, including the UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Section 10) enables the Home Office to remove persons unlawfully in the UK.