United Nations criticism of British restrictions against immigrants and protesters

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting The “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper, the British government is not only opposed to its immigration policy with the United Nations, but has also adopted the same process in its actions to deal with environmental protesters.

“text-align:justify”>”Ian Fry”, the UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur on human rights issues related to climate change, addressed the British Home Office asking why sentences against two British activists who A year ago they blocked a motorway bridge over the River Thames in protest at environmental policies, significantly more severe than previous rulings. According to him, the similar cases of the demonstrators, whose action caused traffic disruption on the London ring road for a day, were sentenced to three years, two years and seven months in prison. Appeals for these protesters were also unsuccessful.

Fray also opposed new restrictions on street protests that have been enshrined in Britain’s “Public Order Act” since the summer. He criticized it and said: These restrictions are clearly “a direct attack on the right to peaceful assembly.” The UN special rapporteur told the BBC that the Ministry of Interior Britain has so far not responded to his written concerns, which show a “general disregard for human rights issues” by the current government. However, the Home Office said it had responded to Fry and also stated that peaceful protest is an important part of a democratic society and has a long tradition in the UK, “provided it remains within the bounds of the law”.

According to the information of the human rights organization Civicos, the restrictions on the right to protest, which, among other things, make the protesters sentenced to prison and the expulsion of demonstrators with a criminal record suspect, are so serious that In terms of jeopardizing civil liberties, they put Britain on a par with countries like El Salvador or East Timor. Civicos is a global network based in South Africa and this classification is based on the collection of data from 200 countries. They enter the country through the English channel as illegal, there has been a general disagreement in the ruling conservative party over the future direction of the immigration policy. While UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who was sacked last week, publicly called for refugees to be exempted from any human rights requirements to save Rwanda, her successor, the former Foreign Secretary, James Cleverley, has opposed such calls. /p>

After Rwanda’s plans were defeated in the High Court, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to pursue deportation plans “whatever it takes”. The new law considered for this purpose is not yet available.

In this way, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak even after the British Supreme Court’s negative vote on the deportation plan The refugees have announced to Rwanda that they have not failed and will conclude a new agreement with this country with an emergency law to implement this policy. The 2022 deal is a key – and highly controversial – part of the former UK home secretary’s tougher asylum policy. The first deportation flight was halted at the last minute by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg more than a year ago, angering the British government. This plan was met with strong criticism at home and abroad.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) described this planned action as a violation of international law. Internationally condemned. The bishops of England spoke of “disgrace to England”.

One ​​of the most important goals of Prime Minister Sunak’s government’s domestic policy is to stop immigration through the English Channel, and his motto is ” Stop the boats. The automatic deportation to Rwanda was supposed to act as a deterrent, although experts doubt whether the plan will have the desired effect.

However, Defeated in the High Court in a dispute over his asylum treaty with Rwanda, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to continue implementing the controversial plans through “emergency legislation”.

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