The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 1 WLR 4433
Supreme Court
*Rex (AAA (Syria) and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rex (HTN (Vietnam))
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rex (RM (Iran))
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rex (ASM (Iraq))
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rex (AS (Iran))
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rex (SAA (Sudan))
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2023] UKSC 42
2023 Oct 9, 10, 11; Nov 15
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales JJSC
Immigration— Asylum— Removal— Secretary of State’s policy of removing certain asylum seekers to Rwanda for asylum claims to be determined— Whether policy unlawful by reason of risk of refoulement from Rwanda— Whether policy unlawful by reference to retained EU law—
Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c 23), s 2
[1]
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 6, Sch 1, Pt I, art 3
[2]
—
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c 20), s 1, Sch 1, para 6(1)
[3]
—
Immigration Rules, paras 345A–345D
[4]
—
Council Directive 2005/85/EC, arts 25, 27
[5]
—
Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171) and (1967) (Cmnd 3906), art 33(1)[6]