UK: Judiciary reviews plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

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so many immigrants crossed the English Channel in small boats. Some 45,000 have arrived on the British coast since the beginning of the year, up from 28,526 in 2021.

Also, four immigrants, including a teenage immigrant, lost their lives trying to cross the border on December 14. Similar situation.

The Conservative Party has made tackling illegal immigration one of its Brexit promises and priorities.

“The court concluded that it was lawful for the UK government to arrange for asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda and that their asylum claims would be discussed in Rwanda and not in the UK,” summed up the London High Court decision. Read. The Commission found that the government’s provision did not violate the Geneva Convention on Refugees.

In April, the Boris Johnson government reached an agreement with Kigali to illegally deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, regardless of their origin. A policy devised to prevent small boats from crossing the English Channel has been widely criticized and prosecuted.

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