UK Government Defies Court Ruling, Insists on Asylum-Seeker Plan with Rwanda

Despite a Supreme Court ruling declaring the plan unlawful, the UK government is determined to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, sparking controversy and skepticism among legal experts.

The UK's Supreme Court has ruled the government's plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda as unlawful, stating that Rwanda is not a safe country where migrants can be sent and that asylum-seekers faced 'a real risk of ill-treatment' and could be returned by Rwanda to the home countries they had fled.
Despite the court ruling, the UK government, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has doubled down on the policy, stating that they will sign a treaty with the Rwandan government to close loopholes in the plan and pass a law through Parliament declaring that Rwanda is a safe country.
Legal experts are skeptical of the government's plan, stating that simply bringing a treaty into play doesn't change the facts that the Supreme Court carried out, which clearly indicated systemic deficiencies within the Rwandan system for determining refugee status and protecting refugees.
No one has been sent to Rwanda as the plan was challenged in the UK courts, and the policy is controversial even among Conservatives. The government is 'absolutely determined' to begin Rwanda deportation flights before a national election that must be called by the end of 2024.
Rwanda's government spokesperson, Yolande Makolo, has criticized the controversy surrounding the plan, stating that it's a domestic issue in the UK and that for Rwandans, there is no controversy. She confirmed that new treaty talks are now underway with the British government.