The British Prime Minister is pushing ahead with his deportation plan, which has been criticized by the parliamentary opposition, the Anglican Church, UNHCR and much of British public opinion. Today the first plane to Rwanda is allowed to leave, several asylum seekers have threatened to commit suicide.
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnsonsaid Tuesday that his government will not be intimidated or embarrassed and will go ahead with her plan to send to rwanda to the migrants arriving in the UK via illegal routes.
British authorities said in April that people who have arrived illegally in the UK via the English Channel and other routes will be rounded up and sent to the East African country to seek asylum there.
“We are going to achieve our goal of making sure we make a clear distinction – which I think everyone can appreciate is fair and reasonable – between legal immigration to this country through safe and legal routes, which we support, defend and because we all understand the benefits it brings, and the dangerous and illegal migration through the English Channel, which we intend to stop,” he stated, stating that this is “the only way to stop the criminal gangs fighting who organize the sea crossing from France to England”.
Johnson has launched this message when the first flight to the African country is due to depart tonight, although it is still unknown how many migrants will use it due to several pending individual lawsuits before the British justice system.
The executive has said: “the plane will depart even if it is only carrying one passenger”to set a precedent against these “human traffickers”.
The UK’s Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a veto against the ship’s take-off until it analyzed in a lawsuit in July whether the government’s plan is in line with the law, following a lawsuit filed by several trade unions and non-governmental organizations. governmental organizations.
harsh criticism
The Conservative government’s initiative has been criticized not only by the parliamentary opposition but also privately by Prince Charles, according to The Times, which said he described Johnson’s plan as “deplorable”.
This newspaper also today publishes a letter from the entire leadership of the Anglican Church condemning “an immoral policy that embarrasses the United Kingdom”.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has stated that the deportation of asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Rwanda, agreed between the two countries and which could begin on Tuesday, is a “mistake” that could set “precedents”. create.
“My life is in danger”
Some of the asylum seekers to be deported from the UK to Rwanda this Tuesday have threatened to commit suicide when they are expelled from the country.
“I can’t eat, I can’t sleep. Why do I have to go to Rwanda?” he asks. zahir, pseudonym under which a 25-year-old man hides who for security reasons does not want to give his real name, fled from Iraq two months ago, as reported by the Sky News television network.
Zahir has explained that he has left his homeland because his life was in danger after arguing with a relative with ties to the Iraqi government and threatening to kill him.
His 5,600 km journey through Turkey and Europe took about a month, usually hiding in the back of a truck during a trip organized by people smugglers.
The young man says he spent nine days in Calais before boarding a flimsy boat to reach the United Kingdom, reaching the British coast on May 23 this year.
He is not the only one who has made this journey in recent years. In 2021, according to official data, 28,526 people will cross the English Channel in small boats to the United Kingdom. In 2020 that was 8,404.
Less than a month after he set foot on the beaches of Dover, he was told by British authorities that he and a friend he was traveling with will board the first plane to Rwanda on Tuesday.
The chances of a lawsuit are shrinking and it seems increasingly likely that the young man will fly 9,600 kilometers to the African continent and face an uncertain future.
“At the Ministry of the Interior they asked us, ‘Why are you leaving Iraq? Why do you want to apply for asylum?’ and all I said was “my life is in danger,” Zahir condemned.
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Source: EITB
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