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The Rwanda Bill returns to the House of Commons on Monday, as the prime minister tries to push the legislation through parliament and start deportation flights in the coming months.
It comes after the bill suffered a series of heavy setbacks in the House of Lords, with ministers losing several votes by unusually large margins of around 100.
Ahead of the upcoming showdown in the House of Commons, a new poll has found that less than a quarter of the public support the government’s Rwanda Security Bill in its current form.
Only 24 percent of the public think the government should try to get the Rwanda Bill through in its current form, according to new research by Focaldata for the British Future think tank.
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Six out of ten people (61 per cent) — including 55 per cent of Conservative voters — think the government should either accept some amendments to the Bill or scrap it altogether.
The new research finds that 75 per cent of the public agree “There should be a system in place to check that the UK and Rwanda have implemented safeguards set out in the agreement they signed” – one of the amendments that made to the Bill by peers earlier. this month.
On top of this, around 64 percent agree with the Lords’ amendment which requires the government to comply with domestic and international law in relation to the Rwandan plan.
A further 59 per cent supported an amendment by former defense secretary Lord Des Browne, which insisted that people seeking asylum because they were working with the UK Armed Forces, for example in Afghanistan, should not be removed to Rwanda is compulsory.
An amendment that people should be able to challenge in court the presumption that Rwanda is safe, if new and credible evidence comes to light, is supported by 57 percent of the public.
Currently, the Rwanda Bill is about to go through an extended tussle between the House of Commons and the House of Lords known as “ping-pong”, where lords and MPs bat legislation between the two Houses until an agreement is reached .
The bill, as written, is intended to prevent further legal challenges to the deportation plan which has been delayed after the supreme court ruled that the plan was illegal.
It also currently gives ministers the power to ignore emergency injunctions from the European Court of Human Rights, with the aim of clearing the way for asylum seekers to be sent on flights to Rwanda by spring.
Commenting on the poll’s findings, British Future think tank Director Sunder Katwala said: “The Rwanda plan has split public opinion, for and against – but what this research finds is a consensus, if you want to consider Rwanda safe, you have to check first. that he
“Rishi Sunak asked for ‘the will of the people’ to warn the Lords against delaying this Rwanda Bill. But the public supports the amendments proposed by the Lords. Adhering to the law, allowing credible new evidence to be heard in court and fully implementing the governments’ own agreement are considered common sense measures.”
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