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after the country s highest court ruled that the government s policy was unlawful. the court found there was a real risk that asylum seekers who were sent to rwanda could be wrongly assessed, and returned to their country of origin, where they could face persecution. rishi sunak says new emergency legislation will enable parliament to confirm rwanda is safe and that he remained committed to stopping thousands of migrants crossing the channel in small boats every year. here s our political editor chris mason: the geography of power parliament in the background this morning. the supreme court in focus. refugees cannot be returned to their countries of origin if their life and freedom would be threatened. it s known as the principal of non refoulment, and at precisely ten o clock this morning it proved crucial. the legal test which has to be applied in this case is whether there are substantial grounds for believing that asylum seekers sent to rwanda would be at real r ....