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

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, London 2009

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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.

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This briefing is for House of Lords Report.

It identifies key legal and constitutional principles and purposes that are threatened by this Bill; and the action that may be taken at this stage by peers to reassert these vital principles and purposes.

It also, in summary, explains the limitation of what can be done at Report, indicating the necessity for peers at Third Reading, which will follow report, to then refuse the passage of this Bill.