Rwanda row: PM Sunak, who pledged to ‘stop the boats’, faces crucial test | Refugees News

Glasgow, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent the weekend trying to persuade rebel MPs from his own party to back his latest plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ahead of a crucial House of Commons vote on the policy.

The embattled Conservative Party leader wants to hand over refugees and migrants to the African nation for potential resettlement in a bid to discourage people from crossing the English Channel to Britain in small boats.

Following the UK Supreme Court’s decision last month to strike down the original legislation on the grounds that Rwanda is not a…