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- In the British House of Commons, enough MPs voted for the deportation law from the Conservative government under Rishi Sunak.
- However, some of the conservative Tories would like a stronger asylum law. They wanted to take a stand first in the vote.
- The law is intended to circumvent a Supreme Court decision.
- In the next step, the law will now go to the British House of Lords.
A new law should make it possible to enforce deportations from Great Britain to Rwanda in East Africa. This received the necessary votes in the lower house of the British Parliament. A total of 320 MPs voted for and 276 against. In the end, eleven of Sunak’s party colleagues voted against the bill, as several news agencies report.
The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had to defend himself against resistance from his own ranks during the vote. Several MPs from the right wing of the party had threatened to vote against their government because the law did not go far enough for them.
Right-wing Tories, for example, are demanding that appeals by refugees before international courts must also be prevented. On Tuesday evening, dozens of Tories in the House of Commons voted for two amendments that would tighten the asylum law. Both applications failed.
The final word on the planned law has not yet been spoken. Next we go to the British House of Lords, which is the second chamber in the legislative process.
SRF 4 News, January 18, 2024, 01:00; agencies, saga; luel
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