UK Passes Bill to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda from illegal Watch Video

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UK Passes Bill , to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda.<br/>Following two years of challenges, British parliament has passed the controversial bill, CNN reports.<br/>The U.K. government will now be able to <br/>redirect asylum seekers to Rwanda, where their claims will be weighed by the East African country.<br/>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak celebrated <br/>the bill's passage on April 23. .<br/>We introduced the Rwanda Bill to <br/>deter vulnerable migrants from <br/>making perilous crossings and <br/>break the business model of the <br/>criminal gangs who exploit them. , Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, via statement.<br/>The passing of this legislation will <br/>allow us to do that and make it very <br/>clear that if you come here illegally, <br/>you will not be able to stay, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, via statement.<br/>The U.N. and human rights activists <br/>have condemned the bill. .<br/>Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner <br/>for Refugees, said.<br/>“Protecting refugees requires <br/>all countries – not just those neighboring <br/>crisis zones – to uphold their obligations.”.<br/>This arrangement seeks to shift responsibility <br/>for refugee protection, undermining <br/>international cooperation and setting <br/>a worrying global precedent, Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, via statement .<br/>Amnesty International U.K. referred to the legislation <br/>as \