Another Rwandan civil war

The first time was tragedy; this time it’s farce

Toughen up the Rwanda Bill or we won’t support it, say a key group of Conservative MPs this morning. Tighten up the bill and you’ll be threatening the sovereignty of parliament, say a group of Conservative lawyers on another page of the Telegraph. As the Guardian reports, “the prime minister is beset by rebellion on the right and left of the party”.

I published my analysis of the government’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, then available only in draft, at 6am last Thursday. That evening, I updated the piece with links to the bill as presented to parliament, the government’s explanatory notes and, importantly, the Home Office human rights memorandum.

The home secretary James Cleverly and Rwanda’s foreign minister Vincent Biruta last week

How well has that analysis stood the test of time?