Migration has become a fomenter of extremist politics. A particular aspect of migration has been the alarming sight of asylum seekers risking perilous journeys in small boats to get to Europe and the United Kingdom (UK). In the UK, governments have sought to counter this by resorting to measures which appear to undermine the UKs obligations in international law. The most recent example is the Rwanda bill under which illegal entrants to the UK will be relocated to Rwanda as a ‘safe country’ for processing of claims. The bill poses the most serious of challenges to the role of the courts, human rights protection under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECTH), the separation of powers and the rule of law.