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10 June 2022

News: UNHCR Doc on UK/Rwanda Deal

A news story in the Telegraph today references a UNHCR document submitted to the High Court. The text is available via UNHCR UK's website and Refworld:

UNHCR Analysis of the Legality and Appropriateness of the Transfer of Asylum-Seekers under the UK-Rwanda Arrangement [text via UNHCR UK] [text via Refworld]
- "This note summarizes the views of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ('UNHCR') on the legality and appropriateness of this arrangement, with reference to international refugee law norms and principles, as articulated notably in the 2013 UNHCR Guidance Note on bilateral and/or multilateral transfer arrangements of asylum-seekers and UNHCR’s 2021 Note on the 'Externalization' of International Protection."

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