Stopping Sunak’s anti-immigration plan in the British House of Lords

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting The German publication “De Sight”, British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak wants to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda, against the ruling of the Constitutional Court of this country. But the British House of Lords has opposed this plan for now.

Thus, the second house of the British Parliament has decided against the new asylum law of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. . The House of Lords voted on a motion not to sign the relevant treaty with Rwanda, which is likely to delay a vote on the bill. Sonak had previously asked the House of Lords not to go against the wishes of the elected House of Commons. The British House of Commons approved the asylum law last week.

This draft plan The British Conservative government will deport all immigrants who enter the UK illegally, regardless of their origin, to Rwanda. They must seek asylum in the East African country, which critics accuse of human rights abuses. For this purpose, Rwanda should be declared as a safe third country by law. It is therefore impossible for these asylum seekers to return to Britain.

A report recommended that no deal be signed with Rwanda until all security requirements are met. The responsible committee of the Upper House approved this report with the votes of members of both main parties.

Despite this vote, it is expected that the House of Lords will finally approve this treaty or law. do not block However, this parliament can delay the planned program for this purpose. This makes it more difficult to implement it before the next parliamentary elections. The Social Democratic Labor Party, which is clearly leading in all polls, has already announced that it will not pursue the Rwanda plan any further.

Not long ago, despite The negative vote of the British Supreme Court and many criticisms from the opposition, the British House of Commons approved the controversial law to deport immigrants to Rwanda. The British Prime Minister approved the bill, which intends to declare Rwanda a safe third country and allow illegal immigrants to be deported there, through a debate in the House of Commons without any changes.

The new law allows British authorities to deport migrants who enter the country illegally, usually crossing the English Channel in rubber dinghies, without an asylum check to Rwanda. . The first such plan failed due to a London High Court ruling that Rwanda should not be considered a safe third country. Awer signed with Rwanda in which the East African country pledged to accept and continue to host an unspecified number of migrants sent there from Britain.

The new “Rwanda Security” law stipulates that responsible ministers no longer have to strictly adhere to the initial orders of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on the deportation of migrants to Rwanda. The first attempt by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson to organize a deportation flight to Rwanda in April 2022 failed because of such an interim order from the Human Rights Court.

Opponents of the project Like the United Nations Refugee Agency, they are angry with this British law. Critics believe that there is no legal route for asylum seekers to enter this country. The plans also violate obligations to protect refugees, according to critics. The fact that the government wants to place itself above the court’s decisions by this law also violates the separation of powers. According to critics, Britain currently has hundreds of millions of Pounds paid to Rwanda without anyone getting there. The Labor Party is talking about a political trick. According to critics, the Rwanda pact was created by then Prime Minister Boris Johnson to distract from the “Party Gate” scandal.

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