{"id":135254,"date":"2023-12-09T00:19:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T00:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/?p=135254"},"modified":"2023-12-09T00:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T00:19:35","slug":"rwanda-plan-given-a-50-at-best-chance-of-succeeding-before-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/politics\/rwanda-plan-given-a-50-at-best-chance-of-succeeding-before-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda plan given a ‘50% at best’ chance of succeeding before general election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Government advisers have warned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan has a “50% chance at best” of succeeding before the next general election.<\/p>\n

Victoria Prentis, the attorney-general, has been warned the legislation around the plan has a significant risk of being held up in the European Court in Strasbourg. It raises concerns the court would be able to block flights from taking off.<\/p>\n

The advice was signed off by Sir James Eadie, the UK’s most senior legal adviser when it comes to issues of national importance. Sir James lef the defence of the Rwanda policy when it was challenged in the Supreme Court this year.<\/p>\n

The legal advice is based around the threat of the European Court of Human Rights granting an interim injunction to ground flights, reports The Times. It would be a similar move to what happened in June last year.<\/p>\n

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The new Rwanda bill aims to give ministers the power to ignore interim injunctions in Strasbourg. But there has been some disagreement in government over whether this would be against Britain’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/p>\n

Sunak has said he would comply with the UK’s human rights obligations. However he is said to be confident ignoring an interim injunction would not breach Britain’s rules.<\/p>\n

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