UK lawmakers pass a bill to send migrants to Rwanda. But hurdles remain before any flights take off

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has quelled a Conservative Party rebellion and got his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda through the House of Commons. Lawmakers voted by 320 to 276 Wednesday to back a bill that aims to overcome a U.K. Supreme Court block on the Rwanda plan. But the contentious immigration policy on which Sunak has staked his authority still faces political and legal hurdles. And Sunak remains at the helm of a divided and demoralized party that is lagging in the polls. The vote came a day after some 60 members of Sunak’s governing Conservatives rebelled in an effort to make the legislation tougher. In the end, most agreed to support the bill.