»As Uk Immigration Minister Resigns Over Rwanda Bill Pressure Builds Against Rishi Sunak
As UK Immigration Minister Resigns Over Rwanda Bill, Pressure Builds Against Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was under pressure from hardliners in the Conservative Party of Britain, which was in turmoil on Wednesday after its immigration minister resigned over laws pertaining to sending migrants to Rwanda. Robert Jenrick's announcement that he had quit over "strong disagreements with the direction" of the government's immigration policy made the UK leader's position appear increasingly precarious.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was under pressure from hardliners in the Conservative Party of Britain, which was in turmoil on Wednesday after its immigration minister resigned over laws pertaining to sending migrants to Rwanda. Robert Jenrick’s announcement that he had quit over “strong disagreements with the direction” of the government’s immigration policy made the UK leader’s position appear increasingly precarious. In response to Rwanda’s threat to withdraw from an immigration treaty if Britain disregarded international law, Rwanda announced its shocking resignation. On a horrible day for the British prime minister, former conservative interior minister Suella Braverman also threatened to destroy Sunak in the next general election unless he became harsher on immigration. Following the publication of emergency laws by Sunak’s administration to guarantee Rwanda is regarded as a safe place following the ruling last month by UK Supreme Court judges that it was not, Jenrick tendered his resignation. Jenrick said in his letter of resignation to the prime minister that the proposed regulations were “a triumph of hope over experience.” “The stakes for the country are too high for us not to pursue the stronger protections required to end the merry-go-round of legal challenges that risk paralyzing the scheme and negating its intended deterrent,” he wrote in a letter. That was taken to mean that Sunak would not allow Britain to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The measure suggests granting ministers the authority to ignore some provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the UK Human Rights Act when deciding whether to deport someone.