UK court rules deportation of migrants to Rwanda legal

Deportation of asylum seekers to Rwandapart of a controversial government plan British conservative to deal with immigrationis legal, as ruled on Monday by the London High Court.

The legal defense of those applicants had gone to court on the grounds that Rwanda is an authoritarian state that tortures and murders those it considers its opponents.

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With today’s court decision, the UK Home Office has won this legal battle, although the plaintiffs are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Members of the ‘Stand up to Racism’ protest group demonstrate against the deportations of refugees to Rwanda at the High Court in London, Great Britain, on December 19, 2022. (Photo by EFE/EPA/NEIL HALL)

”The court has found that it is legal for the Government to arrange to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda and for their asylum claims to be determined in Rwanda and not in the UK”, according to the court ruling.

The court added that, by virtue of the evidence presented, the Executive “has made arrangements with the Government of Rwanda to ensure that the asylum claims of persons relocated to Rwanda are properly determined in Rwanda”.

However, the opinion points out that the British authorities must “properly consider” the circumstances of each individual claimant.

This process had begun after the former Minister of the Interior Priti Patel signed a controversial deal with Kigali last April to send UK asylum seekers there, a plan that soon drew legal action.

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The first flight that was supposed to have left this country on June 14 in the direction of Rwanda could not take off due to these legal actions presented by various asylum seekers, along with other groups, including organizations that support refugees, such as Care4Calais Y Arrest Action.

The British Home Office considers Rwanda to be a safe country, with a history of supporting asylum seekers.

After the verdict is known, Josie Naughtonchief executive of the migrant charity Choose Love, said the court decision “goes against international commitments and accountability”, adding that the activists “they will continue to fight” for him “human right to seek asylum”.

Members of the ‘Stand up to Racism’ protest group demonstrate against the deportations of refugees to Rwanda at the High Court in London, Great Britain, on December 19, 2022. (Photo by EFE/EPA/NEIL HALL)

”Today’s ruling will tear families apart, prolong persecution and endanger victims of torture and trauma once againNaughton said in a statement, adding that “a dark cloud looms” about what “ever” was the “UK’s celebrated human rights record”.

”The country is turning its back on the principle that everyone should have the right to live in freedom and without pain. Sets a dangerous precedent for evading international and moral commitments to asylum seekers”, he stressed.

The Labor opposition described the ruling as “unfeasible” and “unethical”.

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Labor Home Affairs spokeswoman Yvette Cooper said the Rwanda plan is a “harmful distraction from the urgent action the government should take to go after criminal gangs and fix the asylum system”.

”Conservatives have allowed criminal gangs to establish themselves in the (English) Channel”, added Cooper, who considered that the Executive, instead of spending millions in Rwanda, “you should invest that money in going after the criminals who organize these dangerous ships”.

Source: Elcomercio