Britain’s Conservative government will not let itself be dissuaded from its plans to deport migrants to Rwanda regardless of their actual origin. After the upper house of parliament criticized the bill and called for changes, the lower house rejected all ten proposals.
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In the next step, the bill goes back to the upper house – for the so-called ping-pong, a voting process between the two chambers of parliament. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to immediately deport all migrants who enter the UK without the necessary documents to Rwanda, Africa. This is intended to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats and reduce immigration. The Supreme Court in London declared the project illegal.
Accusation: symbolic politics
Great Britain now wants to declare Rwanda a safe third country by law so that objections to British courts are no longer possible. However, the House of Lords demanded guidelines: for example, Great Britain must continue to comply with international law and first fully implement the guarantees promised to Rwanda before it can be considered safe. The members also demanded that victims of modern slavery and human trafficking not be allowed to be deported to Rwanda without further ado. The House of Commons overruled the proposals.
The government wants to send the first migrants to Rwanda in the spring. They should ask for asylum there. There are no plans to return to Great Britain. Critics see the project as a symbolic measure at the expense of taxpayers in order to score points with conservative voters before the upcoming parliamentary election. According to the Court of Auditors’ estimates, the pact costs taxpayers up to half a billion pounds (the equivalent of around 585 million euros), plus payments per asylum seeker.
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Britain’s Conservative government will not let itself be dissuaded from its plans to deport migrants to Rwanda regardless of their actual origin. After the upper house of parliament criticized the bill and called for changes, the lower house rejected all ten proposals.
In the next step, the bill goes back to the upper house – for the so-called ping-pong, a voting process between the two chambers of parliament. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to immediately deport all migrants who enter the UK without the necessary documents to Rwanda, Africa. This is intended to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats and reduce immigration. The Supreme Court in London declared the project illegal.