Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Dec 2023 Closed: 19 Mar 2024 1 report

The Joint Committee on Human Rights would like your views on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill. The Bill would require all decision-makers, including the courts, to conclusively treat Rwanda as a safe country, with a view to ensuring that the Government can pursue its policy of sending asylum seekers from the UK …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) B… HC 435 12 Feb 2024 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
24 Jan 2024 Lord Sumption · The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Martin Howe KC · 8 New Square Chambers, The Lord Sandhurst KC · House of Lords View ↗
17 Jan 2024 Dr Mike Jones · Migration Watch UK, Enver Solomon · Refugee Council, Professor Sarah Singer · Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Professor Tom Hickman · Blackstone Chambers, Rashmin Sagoo · Chatham House, Tyrone Steele · JUSTICE, Zoe Bantleman · Immigration Law Practitioners' Association View ↗
10 Jan 2024 Beatrice Stern · Refugee Council, Miss Zoe Bantleman · Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA), Tyrone Steele · JUSTICE View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
11 Jan 2024 Correspondence from the Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice regard…