London, Thanasis Gavos,

Filed at House of Commons the long awaited and excellent controversial ‘Rwanda Security’ billbased on which The British government says it will go ahead with plans to send migrants and refugees who enter the UK illegally to the African country.mainly by boats across the English Channel.

The bill comes after yesterday’s signing of a new treaty with the government in Kigali, which London says addresses concerns about the treatment of migrants brought to Rwanda to apply for asylum.

The bill and the new treaty are being pushed by Rishi Sunak’s government after the original draft was rejected by the High Court in London, which ruled that Rwanda was not a safe third country.

Controversially and subject to immediate political and legal criticism, the bill states that the British government considers Rwanda to be a safe country and that this crisis also binds the courts.

The bill also provides for the lifting of sections of the British Human Rights Act, so that no obstacles are put in place to deport migrants to the African country on the basis of human rights abuses.

The bill ultimately does not provide for a corresponding repeal of the European Convention on Human Rights, as demanded by the far right wing of the Tories.

However, on the first page of the text of the bill there is a statement by the responsible Home Secretary James Cleverley stating that he is “unable” to declare that the provisions of the new bill are compatible with Treaty rights. “However, the government still wants the Parliament to proceed with the bill”, adds Mr. Cleverly’s statement.

This position prompted the Rwandan government to threaten to withdraw from the deal, creating yet another potential complication in the UK immigration plan.