Why does the European Court of Human Rights oppose sending migrants to Rwanda from the UK?
What is the justification of the Boris Johnson government for sending migrants to Rwanda from the UK?
What has been the reaction of human rights and peace groups to the UK government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda from the UK?
What has been the position of the UK government after the increase in opposition to the plan to send migrants to Rwanda from the UK?
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The UK Prime Minister stressed the need to advance his strict refugee policy and send migrants to Rwanda from the UK, which has been the subject of much protest and opposition. The plan to send migrants to Rwanda from the UK has provoked many internal and external protests, and the EU has called for its abolition.
Prohibit of sending migrants to Rwanda from the UK
The European Court of Human Rights recently banned the first last-minute deportation of refugees from the UK to Rwanda, while British courts upheld the move. Johnson assured me that one of the scheduled flights could start soon. The UK continues to pursue these policies, despite strong protests and opposition to Johnson’s new asylum plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and the European Court of Human Rights ruling to cancel the first deportation flight. Sending migrants to Rwanda from the UK has met with much opposition.
European Court of First Instance suspends first deportation flight
A few days ago, the media reported that the first deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda with asylum seekers of different nationalities was stopped by the European Court of Human Rights shortly before departure. The British Home Office confirmed this in an interview with the BBC after the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg intervened with rare interventions to thwart the UK government’s plans in this regard. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that there is a real risk of irreparable harm to the asylum seekers concerned.
Rising criticism of the UK’s anti-human rights plan
The asylum seekers’ flight was cancelled after opposition policies, charities, and religious leaders criticized the procedure of sending migrants to Rwanda from the UK and the UK government’s plan to send several migrants to East Africa, saying it was inhumane. The UK has allocated 120 million pounds ($157 million, €144 million) to Rwanda to implement the deportation plan as part of a fund called the Fund for Economic Transformation and Integration while paying the operating costs separately.
Johnson’s justifies sending migrants to Rwanda from the UK
London claims that the deportation of migrants who have entered Europe illegally through the English Channel in small boats prevents dangerous travel and shatters the business model of human trafficking networks. According to the memorandum of understanding between the two countries, Rwanda is committed to accepting asylum seekers from the UK. This is a five-year plan that both parties can extend. Under the agreement, the UK government can deport all who have entered the country illegally since January 1, the beginning of this year. Peace and anti-war activists have described the UK government’s actions as shameful.
Johnson didn’t withdraw from the plan to send migrants to Rwanda from the UK
The UK government does not want to abandon the plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda, despite protests by European judges and angry British protests against London’s asylum policy – although the first deportation flight was cancelled by a European Court ruling on Tuesday night. British Home Secretary Priti Patel said in parliament that he was “shocked and disappointed” by the European Court of Human Rights ruling on Tuesday evening, which prevented the flight of the first plane carrying asylum seekers at the last minute. Patel assured me this would not stop him from doing the right thing. According to him, more preparations are underway to send asylum seekers to Africa. London hopes that these mass deportations will stop the continuous flow of refugees through the English Channel through what it considers illegal migrants.
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From the outset, however, the plan was controversial in the UK and condemned by opposition politicians, human rights lawyers and refugee organizations as completely inhumane and unbelievable. However, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will not back down from sending migrants to Rwanda from the UK. He stressed that it was always clear that its implementation would go a long way with many legal obstacles.
