The hearing will be taking place from Monday to Wednesday. According to reports, the verdict is expected in November.
In December 2022, the UK High Court found the Rwanda policy lawful; however, in June this year the Court of Appeal made a ruling the policy was unlawful, which resulted in the Home Office’s appeal to revise the decision.
The Supreme Court is to determine if the decision made by the Court of Appeal, which stated that the removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda would breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, was legally grounded.
In April 2022, the UK signed a deal with Rwanda, enabling the UK to relocate illegal migrants and asylum seekers to Rwanda, where their applications would be processes and the decision on granting asylum be made.
The first round of relocation was to take place in June 2022 but was canceled due to the European Court of Human Rights ruling as some human rights groups and politicians have been criticizing Rwanda for its policy.
Illegal migration has been a pressing issue for the UK for years and only intensified after the country left the European Union in 2020.
In August 2022, over 13,500 people crossed the English Channel to enter the UK illegally, an all-time monthly high since the beginning of the migration crisis in 2019. The total number of migrants who entered the UK in 2022 was over 44,000. British media reported that the country was spending about 7 million pounds ($8.7 million) per day to house migrants in hotels.