Bill of Rights Bill and Rwanda

Question 1

UN Refugee Convention

Answer 1

1951 - codified refugee rights

Question 2

What was the Rwanda scheme?

Answer 2

UK pays £120 million for them to host refugees while cases are processed

Question 3

Why was it deemed unlawful?

Answer 3

Risk of ill treatment if sent there, refoulement, does not process cases properly, Israel thing

Question 4

How did it get blocked?

Answer 4

ECtHR granted an interim measure, which delayed plane

Question 5

Issue with Refugee Convention?

Answer 5

Too open to interpretation, UK differs from other countries in that focus is on the reason of persecution rather than the fear.

Question 6

What does the Bill of Rights propose?

Answer 6

judges to reinterpret the ECHR without the guidance of Strasbourg cases and gives the Secretary of State power to decide which interpretations of the convention should be kept or disregarded

Question 7

Does the ECtHR overstep?

Answer 7

Might suggest so, but also no, only 3 cases overturned last year.