Is the Rwanda Bill “the will of the people”?

The Rwanda Bill concludes it’s second reading in the Lords but there will be significant amendments to the Government’s flagship policy during committee stage, Alicia Edmund asks how can we be a Christian witness in this issue?

Since the referendum vote to leave the European Union the issue of immigration and parliamentary sovereignty have dominated news headlines and the legislative timetable in Westminster.

Within four years the conservative government have passed the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and the Illegal Migration Act 2023. Together they remove the right to seek asylum in the UK as protected in the Refugee Convention. They also grant home office officials powers to treat those who enter the UK through irregular means – small boats crossings or otherwise, differently.