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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.K. Supreme Court Rules Plan to Send Migrants to Rwanda Is Unlawful [Watch (HLS stream): U.K. Supreme Court Rules Plan to Send Migrants to Rwanda Is Unlawful](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Ez3YqiFN.m3u8) (2:09)  _Published 2023-11-15. Britain's Home Secretary said Wednesday the government maintains "relentlessly focused" on driving down "small boat crossings," after the UK's Supreme Court ruled that the government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal. 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