A British court today rejected two last-minute appeals against Boris Johnson’s controversial government plan to deport immigrants entering the UK illegally to Rwanda on the eve of the first scheduled flight.
“This appeal is dismissed,” a London High Court magistrate said after reviewing the government’s case against the government’s plan, which condemned the plan put forward by a union and several NGOs as “illegal” and immoral.
A plane will be transported on Tuesday (14) to the African country 7,000km from London and which has an alarming record for human rights, the first 8 of which were deported as part of a plan designed to deter the incessant arrival of people. . without documents to the country.
A trade union and non-governmental organizations Care4Calais and Detention Action – along with several asylum seekers – tried on Friday to legally stop the measure, saying it was an “illegal policy” with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The judge dismissed the allegations and upheld the executive’s plans, prompting the plaintiffs to file a second appeal, which was also dismissed.
The London High Court also reviewed another appeal filed by the refugee aid NGO Asylum Aid.
So far, individual cases have already given a relative result, with the scale of the measure being reduced.
Of the 31 deportation candidates, including Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Egyptians and Afghans, who registered last week, “23 people have had their tickets for Rwanda canceled and 8 will leave tomorrow,” said Care4Calais.
The British government negotiated the plan with Rwanda, which a few months ago set up a hotel to house around 100 migrants.
According to Vincent, the African country’s head of diplomacy, the Rwandan government must initially receive 120 million pounds ($157 million) to receive them and “offer a legal form of residence” so that they “can settle permanently if they wish”. biruta.
With the system criticized by the UN, the Church and various organizations, London’s aim is to deter immigrants from crossing the French coast. Since the beginning of the year, more than 10,000 people have arrived in the country illegally, traveling in dangerous boats on one of the world’s busiest sea routes, the English Channel.
“Crime groups that endanger the lives of people on the English Channel must understand that their business model will be turned upside down during this government,” Johnson told LBC radio.
The Prime Minister plans to attend the 54-nation Commonwealth meeting in Rwanda from 20 June.
He will meet with President Paul Kagame, who has ruled Rwanda since the end of the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people, and whose government has often been accused of restricting freedom of expression and political opposition.
NGOs fear LGTBQ+ asylum seekers, especially after the British Home Office acknowledged “concerns” about the treatment of these people in the African country.
Clare Moseley, founder of Care4Calais, said on Friday that the migrants involved were in “shock and despair”.
“Many came to the UK believing it was a good place and would be treated more fairly than the countries from which they fled,” he added.
source: Noticias
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