Unless canceled at the last minute, the British government is preparing to deport the first migrants who illegally arrived in the United Kingdom to Rwanda on Tuesday, a controversial project deemed “immoral” by the Anglican Church.
A special chartered flight carrying illegal immigrants flew from London at night and landed the next morning in Kigali, according to opponents of the initiative.
By sending migrants who have illegally arrived in the UK to this country in East Africa, more than 6,000 km from London, the government aims to curb illegal crossings of the Channel, which continue to increase despite repeated it reiterates its commitment to control immigration since Brexit.
This controversial project, reminiscent of the policy followed by Australia, has been proven by the British justice system. The latter was rejected for the first time, then on appeal, last-minute appeals developed specifically by associations to try to stop the departures.
But following various individual appeals, the first flight threatened to fly almost empty, with only seven migrants. According to the Care4Calais association, 24 of the 31 people who had previously planned canceled their tickets to Rwanda. Among the first to leave were Iranians, Iraqis, Albanians and a Syrian, he said.
New appeals are expected on Tuesday.
There will be people on these flights, and if they are not on this flight, they will be on the next.said the head of diplomacy Liz Truss to Sky News. What really matters is to establish the principle and of destroy the economic model of these horrible people, these traffickers who trade in distress.
The associations are unwilling to give up and aim to pursue their challenge in court, with a detailed review of the legality of the proposal planned for July, as a demonstration gathered hundreds of people in front of the Interior Ministry on Monday. of the night.
This is absolutely moral
Illegal Channel crossings are the bane of the Conservative government and regularly cause tension in France, where many migrants want to reach England.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 10,000 migrants have illegally crossed the English Channel to reach British shores aboard small boats, an increase in recent years, which is record highs.
Under its agreement in Kigali, London will initially finance the system in the amount of 120 million pounds (190 million Canadian dollars). The Rwandan government has specified that it will offer migrants the possibility to live permanently.
This immoral policy brings shame to the UKestimated in a letter published Tuesday by the newspaper The Timesthe spiritual leaders of the Anglican Church, including Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, York’s Stephen Cottrell and 23 bishops.
Our Christian heritage should inspire us to treat asylum seekers with compassion, fairness and justice.they insisted.
Critics were dismissed by Minister Liz Truss. Our policy is completely legal. This is absolutely moralhe said, making sure Rwanda was a safe country. The immoral people in this case are the traffickershe added.
L ‘UN is also against the proposal, and human rights organization HRW believes London seeks to transfer its responsibilities to asylum abroadagainst the Geneva Convention.
Wiping away the controversy, Prince Charles judged privately awful government projects, reported on Saturday Hourswhile he is due to participate in a Commonwealth meeting from June 20 in Rwanda.
In Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame since the end of the 1994 genocide, which claimed 800,000 lives according toUNthe government is regularly accused of NGO to suppress freedom of expression, criticism and political opposition.
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