Britain: 12-month pilot program of electronic monitoring of immigrants

Some of the refugees and migrants arriving in the UK crossing the English Channel by small boats or in truck tugs will be monitored electronically as part of a Home Office 12-month pilot program.

According to the ministry, the 12-month program, which began on Wednesday, aims to determine whether electronic surveillance is an effective method of locating those migrants who arrive in the country in a “dangerous” way and are temporarily released.

The plan was implemented the day after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) of the Council of Europe that prevented the hiring of a chartered aircraft to transport migrants to Kigali, Rwanda from Wiltshire.

The Conservative government, through Interior Minister Pretty Patel, said the decision was “politically motivated” and “absolutely scandalous”, with Justice Minister Dominique Raab hinting that London might pass new legislation. the British government will essentially be able to defy ECtHR decisions in the future.

The British public service broadcaster BBC reported that probably the first migrants to be monitored electronically were those who were not transferred to Rwanda.

According to the British Ministry of Defense, the number of refugees and migrants who arrived in the UK this year by sea has exceeded 11,000.

With its controversial plan to send asylum seekers illegally arriving in Britain to Rwanda, East Africa, more than 6,000 kilometers from London, the Boris Johnson government claims it will curb rising illegal crossings of the English Channel. despite her repeated assurances that she would bring immigration under control after Brexit.

The British government’s plan, which has been widely criticized by the United Nations, is popular with the Tory electorate, according to opinion polls, and Mr Johnson wanted it to be revived after the recent internal insurgency. to overthrow him.

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