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Open Petition since 26th April 2024

Repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act - 170 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 400 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)

I want the UK Government to repeal the Rwanda Act as I think it's wrong to send refugees to Rwanda. The supreme Court has ruled that Rwanda is also an unsafe country as there's a risk of refoulement.

Found: The supreme Court have said that Rwanda is not a safe country due to risk of refoulement meaning that


Written Statements
UK-Rwanda Partnership - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) (8) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, confirming its intention to ratify the UK-Rwanda - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Asylum Seekers: Rwanda - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) My Lords, voluntary relocations to Rwanda support efforts to remove individuals with no right to be here - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) What will the status be of those people when they arrive in Rwanda, given the present position of the - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We have agreed with the Government of Rwanda that individuals who are relocated voluntarily will have - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) These people will be offered the opportunity to work, but in Rwanda. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement - Mon 22 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Goldsmith (Lab - Life peer) The report addresses the UK-Rwanda asylum partnership agreement, known as the Rwanda treaty. - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) If Rwanda cannot accommodate vulnerable asylum seekers in Rwanda, why are the Government proposing to - Speech Link
3: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) Rwanda has been granted. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, this treaty with the Republic of Rwanda underlies the safety of Rwanda Bill. - Speech Link
5: Lord Razzall (LD - Life peer) Anybody who is sent to Rwanda and is granted asylum there can only, as we know, be kept in Rwanda and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Rwanda Treaty - Fri 08 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) be incurred as a result of this week’s signing of a treaty to facilitate the removal of migrants to Rwanda - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Government of Rwanda did not ask for money to sign the treaty, nor did we offer any. - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, yesterday, my noble friend Lord Liddle asked what is the present capacity of Rwanda to take - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) So the payments so far made to Rwanda represent about 30 days’ hotel costs. - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the point of the scheme is that if they are granted asylum then they stay in Rwanda. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None The whole Rwanda plan is a con. - Speech Link
2: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) When I met UNHCR officials on the ground in Rwanda, they said that they did not believe that Rwanda is - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) did last month, because if they do, their position on Rwanda may change.During our visit to Rwanda, - Speech Link
4: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) On the question of permanence, let us not ignore the context of where Rwanda is and where Rwanda has - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendmentsLords Handsard - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) The Supreme Court, just a few months ago, held that Rwanda is not safe. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) Therefore, there is a foreseeable risk that Rwanda will cease to be safe. - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) is a safe country, and enable the Bill to deem Rwanda a safe country”. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We need a strong deterrent; we need to operationalise this partnership with Rwanda. - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jan. 04 2024

Source Page: Living in Rwanda
Document: Living in Rwanda (webpage)

Found: Living in Rwanda


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) The Bill—and the partnership with the Government of Rwanda—is predicated on both Rwanda and the United - Speech Link
2: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) Who would decide that Rwanda was not a safe country after all? - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) or for alternative settlement in Rwanda; and, thirdly, providing those relocated to Rwanda with adequate - Speech Link
4: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, Rwanda is a safe country, Rwanda will always be a safe country. How can I say that? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The Bill simply ensures that Parliament’s sovereign view that Rwanda is a safe country is deferred to - Speech Link
2: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) He is required by Clause 2 to treat Rwanda as safe, conclusively, for all time. - Speech Link
3: None Would the Secretary of State be able not to send people to Rwanda? - Speech Link