Britain arrests asylum seekers for deportation to Rwanda

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “The Day Site”, about a day before the local elections, the British government started the implementation of the controversial anti-immigration plan of the British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak and arrested asylum seekers who were supposed to be deported to Rwanda. Critics spoke of the British Prime Minister’s election campaign maneuver.

The first people scheduled to be deported to Rwanda have been arrested in Britain, according to the British Home Office. The British authorities called this step another milestone in the plan to deport people who will seek protection in the UK in the future to this East African country, regardless of their origin.

According to the British Home Office, several operations have been carried out across the country. Photos and videos of people being handcuffed and put into vehicles have been released. Home Secretary James Cleverly said they are trying to arrest those who have no right to be here so we can operate flights. The ministry described those arrested as “illegal immigrants”.

It was not clear at first how many people were arrested. The exact date for the first deportation flight to Rwanda has not yet been determined. British Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently spoke of ten to twelve weeks before the first flight. According to him, after that, about 5,700 asylum seekers who do not meet the newly established legal requirements for the right of residence will be flown out. A report in The Times said that authorities do not know the current whereabouts of more than 3,500 of the 5,700 people affected by the decision.

Critics blame Sunak’s government They say he wants to send a signal to voters in the wake of Thursday’s local elections in England. The conservative ruling party will probably face a significant defeat in this election. The opposition also sees the first refugee deported by the UK government to Rwanda as part of the effort. A rejected asylum seeker left Britain for Rwanda for the first time on Monday as part of a model known as the voluntary return scheme with the promise of money, according to media reports.

Despite the legal decisions against this plan and the warnings of human rights organizations, the British government decided in the future to send people who entered the country irregularly, regardless of their origin and without examining their asylum applications, to Rwanda. to fire The African country was specifically classified as a safe third country, although there are many arguments against it.

Conservatives hope the deportations will act as a deterrent to those who are seeking protection and want to apply for asylum in the UK. In the future, the asylum request of these people will be reviewed by the Rwandan government. If accepted, the refugees will have the right to stay in Rwanda and cannot return to the UK.

According to official figures, more than 57,000 people from January 2022 to June 2023 have entered this country with small boats from the English Channel. In the first four months of this year, more than 7,200 people entered this country through this method. Still not giving up: Britain’s Conservative government wants to send almost 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year. In total, tens of thousands of immigrants in this country are at risk of deportation due to this plan. Migrants to Rwanda approved.

Migrants who arrived in the UK between January 2022 and June last year should expect their asylum applications to be rejected, according to the Home Office. be deemed inadmissible and deported to Rwanda. According to official statistics, during this period more than 57,000 people went to Britain in small boats from the English Channel. Rwanda is reviewed in Kigali. If accepted, the refugees will have the right to stay in this East African country and cannot return to the UK. public during the election campaign. Yvette Cooper, the spokesperson for the internal affairs of the Labor Party, said about this: The Tories are so desperate that they want to send any flight to Rwanda before the local elections.

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