The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country.
Even before his flagship policy passed, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday took to a lectern emblazoned with the slogan"stop the boats" — a reference to one of his key election. At a press conference, he told reporters he would stop at nothing to pass the legislation, in order to deter people without visas from crossing the English Channel from France to England.The plan is to send some of the people the government says arrive illegally in the U.K.
"A lot of this is performative cruelty," says Daniel Merriman, a lawyer who has represented some of the asylum-seekers who were slated to be deported to Rwanda in the past."The elephant in the room in the upcoming election.", a nonpartisan think tank that researches public attitudes."On the question of whether it's going to happen, whether it's going to work and whether it'll be value for money, there's a majority that are very skeptical of this already.
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