The Safety Of Rwanda Act 2024 Explained

After months of what is known as parliamentary 'ping pong', the third amendment to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill (hereafter 'the Bill') was rejected by the House of Commons, resolving the deadlock between the Houses. The latest amendments would have required the UK to set up an independent monitoring committee to report to Parliament before Rwanda could be declared 'safe', and to grant an exemption to refugees who had been working with the UK military overseas, such as Afghan interpreters. Both amendments were rejected by MPs in the House of Commons. As such, after many months of parliamentary deadlock, this paved the way for the Bill to become law and it was granted royal assent on 25 April 2024. Thus, the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 entered the statute books.