{"id":135138,"date":"2023-11-15T23:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/?p=135138"},"modified":"2023-11-15T23:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:59:12","slug":"rebel-tories-round-on-pm-over-failure-to-enact-legislation-on-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/politics\/rebel-tories-round-on-pm-over-failure-to-enact-legislation-on-deportations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Tories round on PM over failure to enact legislation on deportations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rishi Sunak is facing demands for emergency legislation to revive the deportation plan after the Supreme Court ruled it was illegal.<\/p>\n
Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson even called on the Government to \u201cignore the laws\u201d and send migrants to Rwanda the same day they arrive in the UK.<\/p>\n
The MP said the judgment marked a \u201cdark day for the British people\u201d and urged ministers to \u201cjust put the planes in the air now and send them to Rwanda\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Anderson added: \u201cThe British people have been very patient, I\u2019ve been very patient and now they\u2019re demanding action.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has sort of forced our hand a little bit now. My take is we should just put the planes in the air now, send them to Rwanda and show strength.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s time for the Government to show real leadership. We should ignore the laws and send them straight back the same day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Allies of sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman claim Downing Street repeatedly blocked her attempts to \u201cinsure\u201d the Government against legal challenges. Mrs Braverman is said to have proposed plans for UK asylum \u00adofficials to be based in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, to process the claims.<\/p>\n
Sources said it could have \u00adprevented the Rwanda deportation scheme from being grounded over fears around \u201crefoulement\u201d.<\/p>\n
This is the practice of sending someone on to another country or returning them to their home nation after their claim is processed.<\/p>\n
Delivering the Supreme Court ruling yesterday morning, Lord Reed said the \u201cchanges needed to eliminate the risk of refoulement may be delivered in the future, but they have not been shown to be in place now\u201d.<\/p>\n
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A supporter of Mrs Braverman blasted the Government\u2019s failure to get the flights off the ground, declaring: \u201cThe stupidity of this is the predictability of it all.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuella repeatedly proposed a plan when she first came in as Home Secretary to have the option to carry out UK asylum offshoring in Rwanda, which would have insured against this loss in the courts. But it was blocked by the magical thinkers in No10.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey played roulette with the British public and just blindly banked on winning in the court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel, who launched the Rwanda scheme in April 2022, also claimed ministers could have addressed issues relating to refoulement prior to the Supreme Court judgment.<\/p>\n
She said the ruling is clear but the issue is \u201cnot new\u201d, as it was raised earlier this year in the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n