It took a human rights court to halt No 10’s Rwanda flight – and act with basic humanity | Enver Solomon
GuardianJun 15, 2022
British judges on Monday allowed the Court of Appeals to consider challenges to the UK government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda. A challenge to the policy will be allowed on grounds of whether it's "systemically unfair" and whether the migrants would be safe in Rwanda.
Though two judges ruled the policy legal last month, they identified flaws in the government's decision-making process regarding its plan to send the first eight migrants to Rwanda.
The Rwanda plan isn't only an ineffective policy that violates the UN Refugee Convention, but it's also a disgrace to Britain and its role on the global stage. The UK can't dodge its responsibilities by offshoring and outsourcing its asylum system — especially not to Rwanda, which has a known track record of human rights violations. A solution can only be reached when root causes are tackled and a fair, humane asylum system is created.
Compassionate Britons are currently being lied to by political actors who believe in unfettered immigration at any cost. They're being fed a false narrative that the majority of these migrants are fleeing war-torn nations, which is simply not true; a large portion are young men seeking economic opportunities. The British people deserve to know how and for whom millions of tax dollars are being spent.