“Status quo is simply no longer acceptable”: Patel justifies deportation plans
Great Britain and Rwanda are working together: refugees who have entered the United Kingdom illegally are expected to be sent to Rwanda for an asylum procedure. This Tuesday, Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and Great Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel had to justify their plan to the UN human rights and refugee organizations in Geneva:
“We are a government that, together with our partners, the government of Rwanda, is finding new, innovative solutions to global problems. I am afraid that other organizations and other countries are not offering alternatives and the status quo is simply no longer acceptable,” he said patel
Biruta stated: “As soon as the UK is ready to send the first batch of asylum seekers, we will be ready to receive them.
Rwanda’s foreign minister explained that the discussion in Geneva was primarily about “getting the UN representatives on board”.
Representatives of the United Nations and other critics fear that such an approach would violate human rights and the international refugee convention.
London announced on Thursday that a “first tranche” of illegal migrants had been notified of the government’s intention to resettle them in Rwanda.