"UK Immigration Minister Resigns Amid Controversy Over Rwanda Asylum Bill"

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"UK Immigration Minister Resigns Amid Controversy Over Rwanda Asylum Bill"
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UK Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigned after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak introduced a bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, which was seen as insufficient to address concerns within the ruling party. The bill aimed to proceed with a controversial deportation program that UK courts have deemed unlawful, but Jenrick believed it didn't go far enough to deter increasing numbers of asylum-seekers crossing the English Channel.

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