{"id":21885,"date":"2023-12-12T23:39:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=21885"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:39:59","slug":"embattled-british-pm-sunak-gets-a-break-as-parliament-approves-emergency-bill-on-his-plan-to-send-illegal-migrants-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=21885","title":{"rendered":"Embattled British PM Sunak Gets a Break, as Parliament Approves \u2018Emergency Bill\u2019 on His Plan to Send Illegal Migrants to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has survived a crunch vote today (12), and gained a little room for maneuver while facing the revolt by dozens of his own Tory lawmakers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read: <\/strong>As Many as 25 Conservative MPs Are Reportedly About to Try to Oust Rishi Sunak as British Prime Minister<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunak won a parliamentary vote on an emergency bill to revive his flagship plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Sunak won the first vote on the legislation in the House of Commons after a day of negotiations to quell dissatisfaction among the ranks.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018The British people should decide who gets to come to this country \u2013 not criminal gangs or foreign courts\u2019, Sunak said on X after the result. \u2018That\u2019s what this bill delivers\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Last month, the UK Supreme Court ruled Sunak\u2019s policy of deporting to Rwanda those arriving illegally in small boats on England\u2019s southern coast would breach British and international human rights laws and agreements.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn response, Sunak agreed on a new treaty with the East African nation and brought forward emergency legislation designed to override legal obstacles that would stop deportations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Read: \u2018Life Means Life\u2019: British PM Rishi Sunak Tries To Get Tough on Crime \u2013 Pushes Legislation Imposing \u2018Whole Life\u2019 Sentences for Heinous and Sexual Murderers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Conservatives are 20 pints behind Labour in the polls, fractured and lacking leadership, after 13 years in power.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll 350 Conservative lawmakers had been ordered by those in charge of party management to back it, but almost 40 were not recorded as having voted. The bill passed by 313 votes to 269. \u2018We have decided collectively that we cannot support the bill tonight because of its many omissions\u2019, Mark Francois, speaking on behalf of some right-wing Conservative lawmakers, said ahead of the vote.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Read: British PM Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Poised to Cut Inheritance Tax Next Week, in a Bid to Regain Conservative Vote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The vote for Brexit was seven years ago, and no less than seven Conservative prime ministers have come and gone with Sunak in serious danger of being replaced, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Conservatives have repeatedly failed to meet targets to reduce immigration, which has soared even after Brexit stripped EU citizens of the right of free movement, with legal net immigration reaching 745,000 last year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The endless stream of inflatable boats crossing the Channel remain a top concern \u2013 and stopping them is an unfulfilled campaign promise by Sunak.<\/p>\n

Britain has paid 240 million pounds ($300 million) to Rwanda, but not migrant has been sent there yet. Rwanda will also only have the capacity to settle hundreds of migrants from Britain at a time \u2013 far too few to make a real difference.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n

UK Dream Team? To Avoid a Labour Massacre in Next Elections, Rebel Tories Want Boris Johnson Back as PM, Partnering up With Brexit\u2019s Nigel Farage<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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