Rishi Sunak has snubbed the European Court of Human Rights, in new legislation aimed at getting the Rwanda scheme off the ground.
The new Bill, published this evening, says the UK parliament “is sovereign”, noting that “the validity of an Act is unaffected by international law”.
It also disapplies parts of the Human Rights Act, preventing it from getting in the way of sending migrants to Rwanda.
Sunak will face a grilling from Tory MPs this evening, as the Prime Minister will be hauled in front of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers at 5pm.
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Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman criticised the Government over the issue in her first intervention from the backbenches this afternoon.
She warned the Conservative Party faces “electoral oblivion” if they don’t find a viable solution to the problem.
Home Secretary James Cleverly announced a new treaty with Rwanda yesterday, which Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister Vincent Biruta said would “strengthen” the asylum processing system.
The ministers, who are primarily from the One Nation caucus of Conservative MPs, are opposed to a hardline approach to the issue.
The One Nation group issued a warning yesterday that “overriding” the ECHR would be a “red line”.
But in her statement to the Commons today, Braverman said: “Crucially, when it comes to stopping the boats now, leaving the ECHR is not the only way to cut the Gordian Knot.”
