Rwanda Plan Incompatible With Windsor Framework, Judge Rules

A high court judge has ordered the disapplication of the provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 in Northern Ireland because they undermine human rights protections granted in post-Brexit agreements. Mr. Justice Humphreys said in his ruling at Belfast High Court on Monday that elements of the act cause a “significant” weakening of the rights of illegal immigrants guaranteed under the Windsor Framework. The framework, jointly agreed by the UK and the European Union, includes conditions that there can be no diminution of rights under the terms of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement. The judge delivered the ruling in two challenges against the act, saying, “I have found that there is a relevant diminution of right in each of the areas relied upon by the applicants.”...