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This resource contains correspondence regarding Amnesty International UK’s objections to the UK–Rwanda asylum deal, outlining concerns raised with the Home Office and the subsequent government response.

Amnesty International UK submission to International Agreements Committee on UK-Rwanda Treaty

The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is a constitutionally extraordinary and deeply harmful piece of legislation. As a coalition of more than 260 organisations working in and across the UK, we call on Peers to reject the Bill at Second…

This resource contains Amnesty International UK's briefings on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, and its passage through Parliament.

This briefing argues that the Bill, introduced in response to the Supreme Court ruling on the Rwanda scheme, is an extreme and dangerous attempt to abandon asylum responsibilities, undermines judicial independence and human rights, and should be opposed.

This analysis explains how the Safety of Rwanda Bill, introduced in December 2023, seeks to override Supreme Court rulings that the Rwanda plan is unlawful, limit future judicial scrutiny, and raises serious principled and legal concerns.

ILPA, Liberty, JUSTICE & Amnesty briefing for House of Lords Committee on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Amnesty International UK briefing for House of Lords Second Reading of Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Amnesty UK letter to Home Office Permanent Secretary on Asylum Policy and Government's Rwanda Strategy

This resource urges peers to reject the Safety of Rwanda Bill at Third Reading, warning that it still breaches human rights obligations and reflects a harmful, failed deterrence‑based asylum policy.

This briefing for House of Lords Report identifies the legal and constitutional principles threatened by the Bill, outlines the actions peers can take at Report stage, and explains why the Bill should ultimately be rejected at Third Reading.

Amnesty International UK briefing for Commons Committee consideration of Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

The submission explains why the Bill offends against international human rights law, the rule of law more generally and respect for constitutional arrangements in the UK.

Amnesty International UK short briefing on asylum policy re the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Amnesty International UK briefing for House of Commons Second Reading of Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

This briefing explains why Amnesty International opposes offshore processing under the Rwanda Scheme, highlighting its inhuman consequences in Australia, its failure to share responsibility fairly, and proposing suggested amendments.

This briefing reviews three years prior to February 2024, highlighting the severe human, financial and administrative costs.

This resource contains various correspondence with Ministers, officials and others concerning a variety of matters from British people's rights to citizenship, to the rights of refugees and migrants in the UK or internationally.

This resource lists Bills on which Amnesty International UK has produced briefings and submissions at various stages that relate to this work.

This analysis examines the parallels between the government’s next immigration bill and ‘small boats’, highlighting their predictable emergence, uncertain consequences, and the risks of increased exploitation by traffickers.