The plan to send migrants who arrived irregularly to Rwanda without examining their asylum application and regardless of their origin has repeatedly received criticism. The British government is trying to appease.
In the dispute over tightening of the new British asylum law, the conservative government wants to avert criticism from its own ranks by promising tough action. Justice Minister Alex Chalk announced that judges would be assigned to deportation hearings in order to resolve cases more quickly.
In addition, 25 court rooms will be used for these proceedings alone and more than 100 new employees will be hired. The bill ensures that the threshold for successful appeals against deportation is extremely high, said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman.
What does the law want?
The law stipulates that irregular migrants are sent to Rwanda without examining their asylum application and regardless of their origin. They should apply for asylum there; there are no plans to return to Great Britain. The East African country, which critics accuse of human rights violations, should be declared a safe third country by law and further judicial review should be excluded if possible.
The new asylum law should be discussed again in Parliament in London today. Representatives of the right wing of the Tory do not think the plans go far enough. You have tabled several amendments. In doing so, they also want to ensure that appeals against deportations before international courts should no longer be possible.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson threw his support behind the Tory rebels, who are said to include around 60 MPs. Sunak has a majority of 58 votes in the House of Commons. The third reading is scheduled for this Wednesday evening.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR criticized the government’s plans for being inconsistent with Britain’s international obligations on asylum law. Downing Street rejected the allegations.
Source: Stern
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