The Johnson administration’s new immigration program has been described as “inhumane” and “non-refundable”. What is the goal and the future of the project?
Although Interior Minister Priti Patel has been in intensive discussions with the Rwandan government over the immigration program for more than eight months, the final signature on its implementation surprised many at home and abroad, once again targeting Johnson government.
But the government does not seem to give up so easily. It is already trying to defend its approach in every possible way and is preparing the very first flight of refugees and migrants to Rwanda shortly before the end of May.
Johnson’s determination can be seen in the fact that he is also financing the British Navy and the army with 50 million pounds to strengthen the patrol and guarding of the English Channel against boats coming from the French coast. “The country will not maintain this parallel and illegal system of traffickers,” he said in a speech to Kent yesterday, adding that “those who try to circumvent and abuse our immigration system γρήγορα will move quickly and humanitarianly to a safe third country”.
It is a fact that migration flows in the year 2021 increased significantly compared to 2020, recording more than 28,500 thousand flows compared to 8,404 in 2020. In fact, the pace continues in 2022 as they have already reached the British coast around 5,000 refugees and asylum seekers.
What the controversial new immigration plan envisions
Initially the plan will mainly concern male refugees and immigrants as it is pointed out that families and unaccompanied children will not be sent to Rwanda.
The cost for British taxpayers per asylum seeker is estimated at between .000 20,000 and 30 30,000 and will cover transport, accommodation and food expenses for three months, until it is decided whether they will be accepted back into the UK. But if he is not accepted within this period, his future will be under the responsibility of the Rwandan government, which is why the government has agreed to give 120 million a year in compensation to the African country.
The government says it will cut the country’s estimated 1,5 1.5bn-a-year migration costs despite the costs, but mainly bets on intimidation of refugees and migrants in the hope that the threat of deportation to Rwanda will discourage them. from approaching the British coast.
The British newspapers today headline the word “inhuman” and highlight the legal challenges that the government will have to face in the near future in implementing it.
Opposition leader Kir Starmer called the plan “impossible, immoral and blackmailing” and said more than 160 organizations had signed an open letter calling for the “shamefully tough” plan to be scrapped.
At the same time, the European Council of Human Rights pointed out that this new British plan “seriously undermines the global system of international protection”.
Zoe Katzagiannaki, London
Source: Deutsche Welle
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