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Closed Petition closed 30th May 2024

Repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act - Final Signatures: 180

I want the UK Government to repeal the Rwanda Act as I think it's wrong to send refugees to Rwanda. The supreme Court has ruled that Rwanda is also an unsafe country as there's a risk of refoulement.

Found: The supreme Court have said that Rwanda is not a safe country due to risk of refoulement meaning that


Written Statements
UK-Rwanda Partnership - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) (8) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, confirming its intention to ratify the UK-Rwanda - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Asylum Seekers: Rwanda - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) My Lords, voluntary relocations to Rwanda support efforts to remove individuals with no right to be here - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) What will the status be of those people when they arrive in Rwanda, given the present position of the - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We have agreed with the Government of Rwanda that individuals who are relocated voluntarily will have - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) These people will be offered the opportunity to work, but in Rwanda. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendmentsLords Handsard - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) The Supreme Court, just a few months ago, held that Rwanda is not safe. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) Therefore, there is a foreseeable risk that Rwanda will cease to be safe. - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) is a safe country, and enable the Bill to deem Rwanda a safe country”. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We need a strong deterrent; we need to operationalise this partnership with Rwanda. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The Bill simply ensures that Parliament’s sovereign view that Rwanda is a safe country is deferred to - Speech Link
2: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) He is required by Clause 2 to treat Rwanda as safe, conclusively, for all time. - Speech Link
3: None Would the Secretary of State be able not to send people to Rwanda? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) The rub of what will happen going forward is whether or not Rwanda is safe. - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) It is not clear in what circumstances Rwanda can be declared not safe. - Speech Link
3: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) Let us get Rwanda done. We will stop these boats and make our country safer. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Mon 22 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) The amendment is in two parts, inserting when Rwanda may be treated as a safe country and when Rwanda - Speech Link
2: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) Rwanda is deemed to be safe by the United Nations. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) how safe Rwanda can be. - Speech Link
4: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Can the Minister give any assurances that Rwanda is not refouling people right now? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Mon 22 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Wright (Con - Kenilworth and Southam) treaty on the part of the state of Rwanda? - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) is no longer safe, should the situation on the ground in Rwanda change. - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) The Government have no mandate for the Rwanda plan whatsoever. - Speech Link
4: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) As an aside, if Rwanda is a safe place, why would it be a deterrent? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None the Commons consider that it is not necessary as the Bill comes into force on the day on which the Rwanda - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Bold, novel solutions are required, and our partnership with Rwanda offers just that. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Bold, novel solutions are required, and our partnership with Rwanda offers just that. - Speech Link
4: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) We are concerned with the safety of Rwanda, both in the present and in the future. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Mon 15 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) They will be detained and swiftly returned to their home country or to a safe third country—Rwanda. - Speech Link
2: None to deem Rwanda a safe country. - Speech Link
3: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) Rwanda will take all necessary steps to ensure that these needs are accommodated. - Speech Link
4: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) Then there is the issue of where migrants will live if they are sent to Rwanda. - Speech Link