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Rishi Sunak to urge peers to back Rwanda plan amid final showdown

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold a press conference ahead of crunch votes on the legislation aimed at making the plan to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda legally watertight. The government has vowed to keep parliament sitting late into the night if necessary to pass the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, which it sees as vital to the Prime Minister’s pledge to “stop the boats.”