migration
Rwanda plans: London wants to suspend human rights
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to declare Rwanda a safe third country. photo
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London wants to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda regardless of their origin. This violates human rights. The government simply wants to suspend this if necessary.
The British government wants to take action on its controversial plans to deport asylum seekers Rwanda explicitly does not let human rights stop us.
Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said a new bill would stipulate that key parts of Britain’s Human Rights Act, which requires human rights, cannot be applied in the case of Rwanda. This will ensure “our plan cannot be stopped,” said Sunak. The planned law is intended to declare Rwanda a safe third country.
This is what London is planning
The British government wants to immediately fly asylum seekers who come to the country irregularly to the East African country, regardless of their origin. They should apply for asylum there; a return to Great Britain is out of the question. The Supreme Court in London also stopped the project citing constitutional deficits in Rwanda. With the new law, the government believes it can remove the reservations. Prime Minister Sunak is under considerable pressure from the right wing to significantly reduce migration.
An extraordinary quote from Interior Secretary James Cleverly on the first page of the draft caused a stir. It says he is unable to say whether the law is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The right wing of Sunak’s Conservative Party demands that Great Britain should withdraw from the ECHR so that international courts can no longer stop the project.