House of Lords approves first vote on Sunak’s Rwanda asylum law

Eastern Eye01 Feb, 2024News

Under the Rwanda plan, which has yet to be carried out, asylum seekers who arrive on England’s southern coast in small, inflatable boats would be sent to Rwanda to live.After more than six hours of debate on Monday (29), unelected members of the House of Lords, largely made of former politicians and government officials, defeated an amendment that would have killed off the legislation by 206 votes to 84.