UK PARLIAMENT BACKS SUNAK’S RWANDA PLAN
By Paul Ndiho,
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government wins the backing of the elected House of Commons for his controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda. The government fended off right-wing Conservative rebels to win the final vote on the legislation in the parliament’s lower chamber by 320 votes to 276. To learn more about what this means for the asylum seeker who might be sent to Rwanda, VOA’s Paul Ndiho Spoke to Yasmine Ahmed, the UK director at Human Rights Watch, via Skype for more perspective.