On May 1, the Home Office announced that they have initiated the initial steps to detain migrants for relocation to Rwanda.
The objective is to fulfill Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s promise of delivering flights to Rwanda within 9-11 weeks. This initiative aims to discourage migrant boat crossings into Britain.
The Home Office announced that its operational teams have been working diligently to securely and promptly detain individuals who are eligible for relocation to Rwanda. They have made significant progress so far, and more actions are planned in the upcoming weeks.
According to the British government, they have increased detention capacity for these operations to 2,200 spaces. They have also trained 200 new caseworkers along with 500 “highly trained escorts” who will be responsible for carrying out the detentions.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the British government acknowledged Rwanda’s impressive track record in resettling over 135,000 refugees. They also expressed their readiness to accept thousands more individuals who are unable to remain in Britain.
“The Rwanda Partnership represents a groundbreaking initiative in addressing the pressing issue of illegal migration on a global scale, and our efforts have been steadfast in enacting stringent legislation to tackle this challenge,” emphasized Home Secretary James Cleverly.
“We are fully dedicated to implementing this intricate task, with a firm commitment to halting the influx of boats and dismantling the operations of criminal syndicates involved in human smuggling.”
If the Labor Party emerges victorious in the next election, it has pledged to put an end to the Rwanda policy.
Labour Party deputy national campaign coordinator Ellie Reeves declined to reveal whether the party would release migrants who were detained under the policy, despite the party’s stated intentions.
“We aim to repatriate individuals to their respective countries if their claims are unsuccessful. To achieve this, we will establish return agreements and hire a thousand case workers,” stated Reeves in an interview with the BBC.
According to Enver Solomon, the chief executive of the Refugee Council, the government should not depend on detention as a solution but rather focus on processing asylum claims in a timely and fair manner.
According to him, the government’s decision to detain individuals is instilling fear, distress, and significant anxiety in men, women, and children who have sought refuge in the UK after escaping war and persecution.
In April, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a firm commitment that the Rwandan migrant deportations would be carried out promptly following the legalization of the deportations by Parliament.
According to him, the bill was delayed by the Labor Party in an attempt to prevent the resettlement flights, resulting in the deportation detention roundups being postponed.
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris announced on Sunday that he is urging his government to develop a strategy to repatriate asylum seekers to Britain.
According to the source, the implementation of a new British plan to send migrants back to Rwanda has led to 80% of recent asylum seekers in Ireland entering through the land border with Northern Ireland. However, this claim has been denied by Britain.
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