Originally shot down by the British Supreme Court, lawmakers in the House of Commons voted 313-269 to support the government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda, keeping alive a policy that has angered human rights groups and cost the UK at least $300 million, without a single flight getting off the ground. All the while, France's National Assembly voted down controversial immigration legislation without even debating it, sparking a political crisis. The rejection of one of the government's flagship initiatives is a humiliating defeat for French President Emmanuel Macron. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the divisive and highly controversial immigration bills on both sides of the Channel, FRANCE 24's François Picard and Clovis Casali are joined by Dr. Andrew Smith, Historian of modern France and Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London.
