British Conservatives bypass Supreme Court ruling / London’s new anti-refugee deal with Rwanda

– International news – Tasnim News Agency According to the German publication “De Sight”, England wanted to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in line with its anti-immigration policies. slow, but the British Supreme Court stopped this process, now the British Home Secretary is negotiating a new agreement in Rwanda. The plan to deport refugees to Rwanda has announced that it has not failed and to implement this policy, it will conclude a new agreement with this country with an emergency law. and will review UK domestic law in light of this decision. It could also affect Britain’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights, according to commentators. Sonak emphasized that he is absolutely adamant that the boats (carrying migrants) should be stopped. The purpose of deporting migrants to this African country, more than 6,400 kilometers away, was to prevent migrants from arriving in small boats from France across the English Channel. More than 45,000 people came to Britain this way last year. This figure this year, which has been around 27,000 people, is less than last year. But the government’s promise to stop the boats has yet to materialise.

The deportation deal with Rwanda, struck in April 2022, 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 severe criticism at home and abroad.

The British Supreme Court recently ruled that Sonak’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, regardless of their origin, is illegal. The Supreme Court argued that there is a risk that asylum seekers in this East African country will not receive a fair trial and will be deported to their home countries despite having a legal claim for asylum. will sign a new immigration agreement with Rwanda to deport refugees to this East African country.

James Cleverly, the British Home Secretary, traveled to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, for this purpose. As the Home Office in London announced, the agreement takes into account the ruling of the British Supreme Court, which a few weeks ago declared the previous plans of the Conservative government illegal. Accordingly, Rwanda will promise not to deport any asylum seeker to a third country.

The British High Court last month declared Rwanda an unsafe third country. This court ruled that the agreement planned until then is not compatible with Britain’s international obligations. Before his departure, the British Home Secretary said, contrary to the Supreme Court’s ruling: We clearly know that Rwanda is a safe country. and to advance this partnership, we are working to stop the boats and save people’s lives.

The British government thinks that this agreement will significantly reduce the number of asylum seekers. Last year, 745,000 people immigrated to the UK, a significant increase since Brexit almost four years ago. The UK Home Secretary assumes the deal will limit net migration to 300,000 people in the future. Rwanda should distance itself from immigrants. British Home Secretary James Cleverly signed an agreement in the East African country with which the Conservative government wants to bypass the British Supreme Court ruling. has found more. The issue is now a priority for many Conservative voters, according to polls. The right wing of the Conservative Party has therefore loudly pressed Prime Minister Rishi Sonak to significantly reduce net immigration, which has increased recently. Brexit was actually supposed to stop immigration and create better, better-paying jobs for Britons – at least that was the main Tory promise. , regardless of origin, they are sent to Rwanda with a one-way ticket.

The new agreement is intended to ensure that the Rwandan leadership will not deport the refugees to their country. And thus removes the concerns of the Supreme Court. Accordingly, if Rwanda wants to deport an immigrant, for example, because of a crime, British and Rwandan judges must decide together whether this person should stay in Africa or be sent back to England.

At the stage Next, the British Parliament should declare Rwanda a safe third country. Observers worry that Sonak will leave the European Convention on Human Rights under pressure from the right to avoid legal resistance from Strasbourg.

Cleverly is the third interior minister to try the Rwanda plan in a year and a half.

“Chris Mason”, the BBC reporter said about this: the third British Home Secretary of the government insists that he wants to evict the first asylum seekers before the election. The date for this has not yet been set, but there are speculations about May or October 2024. In the polls, the Conservative Party is far behind the opposition Labor Party, which is now expected to form the next government.

Sonak wants to turn things around with this anti-immigration approach.

Experts look at these designs with a critical eye. A European Union diplomat said: “The signal is: We don’t want you.” The British economy also expects the shortage of skilled workers to continue to increase. “Once again, business interests are being lost to Tory internal affairs,” said Neil Carberry, chairman of the recruitment association REC, in the Financial Times.

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