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Foreign judges will “likely and swiftly” attempt to cease the Rwanda scheme regardless of Rishi Sunak’s bid to safeguard it by way of new measures, authorized specialists have informed Express.co.uk.

Their warning jars with the Prime Minister’s insistence at a press convention at the moment that his invoice and the Government’s new treaty with Rwanda would finish “the merry-go-round of legal challenges that have blocked our policy for so long”.

Mr Sunak mentioned the emergency laws “fundamentally addresses” the issues raised by the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights, repeating his pledge to not permit “a foreign court to block these plans”.

However Dr Helen O’Nions, Associate Professor at Nottingham Law School, mentioned the brand new treaty “still fails to address the shortcomings the Supreme Court identified” comparable to within the areas of human rights and the chance of refoulement.

“The new treaty is not legally watertight, could face further legal challenges and it is difficult to see how effective it would be in practice when it comes to safeguarding asylum seekers and managing migration,” she added.

Dr Joelle Grogan, senior researcher on the UK in a Changing Europe think-tank, argued that the invoice “almost certainly breaches the UK’s international obligations” by proposing to disapply related elements of worldwide agreements.

She wrote on Express.co.uk: “Just because the Bill, should it become the law, will be legally valid in the UK does not make it so internationally.

“The European Court of Human Rights may – and sure will – situation judgments and interim orders towards the UK. And most likely swiftly too, as stopping individuals from defending their rights is among the most elementary violations of the ECHR.”

MPs are preparing to vote on the legislation next week. Earlier today, Mr Sunak urged sceptics to “have a look at the info”, saying: “We have a plan. I’m assured I can get this by way of.”

This comes as the European Research Group of Tory MPs indicated they would decide if the legislation was “match for function” once Sir Bill Cash and his “Star Chamber workforce” have reviewed it in detail.

Meanwhile, Robert Jenrick argued in his resignation statement as immigration minister that the legislation did not provide “the absolute best likelihood of success” of curbing any future intervention within the courts.