UK’s Rwanda bill is a ‘step towards totalitarianism’, says Lord Carlile
by Matthew Weaver from World news | The Guardian on (#6HYGV)
Leading barrister signals House of Lords plans to revise bill, saying government is elevating itself above the law'
A leading barrister and cross-bench peer, Alex Carlile, has condemned the government's Rwanda bill as a step towards totalitarianism" and signalled that the House of Lords plans to resist the legislation.
Rishi Sunak is preparing to give a press conference on Thursday morning on the government's determination to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda, after the bill passed a third reading in the Commons last night when a Tory backbench rebellion faded.
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