‘Failed asylum seekers’ and ‘similar’ European plans: claims about the government’s Rwanda plan fact checked

24 November 2023

Last week the UK’s Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling that the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful.

After this ruling, we saw a number of claims about the Rwanda plan, including that it involves “failed asylum seekers”, as well as comparisons with other European countries apparently pursuing similar schemes to the UK’s Rwanda partnership. We thought these would benefit from further explanation.

Read our fact check here.

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