Shortly after taking office, the Labour government formally ended the UK–Rwanda asylum-removals scheme. Planned removals did not take place; Rwanda-scheme infrastructure and associated Treaty arrangements were wound down. Related components of the Illegal Migration Act that depended on the scheme became operationally inert.
Asylum-seeker processing; broader political signalling on asylum policy direction.
Primary: GOV.UK — Home Office ↗
Corroborating: House of Commons Library — Research Briefings ↗
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