Migration - Rwanda plans: London wants to suspend human rights
The British government expressly refuses to let human rights stand in the way of its controversial plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said a new bill would stipulate that key parts of Britain's Human Rights Act, which prescribes human rights, could not be applied in the case of Rwanda. This will ensure "that our plan cannot be stopped," Sunak said. The planned law is intended to declare Rwanda a safe third country.
What London is planning
The British government wants asylum seekers who enter the country irregularly to be flown out to the East African country immediately, regardless of their origin. They are to apply for asylum there and cannot return to the UK. The Supreme Court in London had stopped the project, citing deficits in the rule of law in Rwanda. With the new law, the government believes it can overcome these reservations. Prime Minister Sunak is under considerable pressure from the right wing to significantly reduce migration.
An extraordinary quote from Home Affairs Minister James Cleverly on the first page of the draft caused a stir. He is unable to say whether the law is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), it says. The right wing of Sunak's Conservative Party is calling for the UK to withdraw from the ECHR so that international courts can no longer stop the project.
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- Critics argue that the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda contradicts the principles of justice and human rights, as enshrined in international conventions such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
- Proponents of the UK's migration policy, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, believe that asylum seekers who enter the country irregularly should not be entitled to the same human rights protections as legitimate refugees.
- The proposed legislation in Great Britain aims to exclude the application of certain human rights provisions when it comes to the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, in an attempt to bypass the rule of law concerns raised by the Supreme Court in London.
- The plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has sparked widespread debate and criticism, with some raising concerns about the safety and treatment of asylum seekers in the African country.
- Asylum seekers who are deported to Rwanda will be required to apply for asylum in that country, and will not be allowed to return to the UK unless their asylum claim is successful.
- The proposed changes to the UK's human rights law are likely to have significant implications for the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, and raise broader questions about the balance between migration policy and human rights protections in Great Britain.
Source: www.stern.de
