The government isn't actually deporting immigrants. Rwanda Despite claims to the contrary.
tory state MP Jonathan Garris tried to publicize the success of the plan in PMQ “We have seen that Rwanda's deterrence is working and we have deported our first illegal immigrant,” he said on Wednesday.
In fact, the government paid unsuccessful asylum seekers £3,000 to move to Rwanda.
This is separate from the deportation program that has caused significant legal problems for the government.
It is understood that the migrants in question did not arrive in the UK on small boats either, and Rwanda's plan is aimed at stopping the number of asylum seekers arriving on British shores illegally.
The Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday night that a migrant has been given the chance to start anew in Africa after his asylum claim was rejected in the UK at the end of 2023.
He flew to the African country on a commercial flight on Monday.
In addition to a lump sum of £3,000, the anonymous volunteer will receive free food and accommodation from the UK Government for the next five years.
This is the first time that the government has deported people who failed to apply for asylum to a third country.
But this is very do not have This is similar to a plan to force asylum seekers to migrate to Rwanda rather than pay them.
These deportation flights are not expected to take off for another 9 to 11 weeks.
The last time the government tried to force migrants to move to Rwanda, a special chartered flight was stopped at the last minute by the European Court of Human Rights, in a dramatic turn of events.
of the workers shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper He suggested the Conservative Party was keen to welcome migrants to Rwanda ahead of local elections on Thursday, calling it a “pre-election gimmick”.
But the Conservatives are determined to sell this as a success story.
When the Dublin government complained that asylum seekers were moving from the UK to Ireland for fear of being deported to Rwanda, Mel Stride, the welfare secretary, said: 'What we are seeing now is a deterrent effect in action. These are early signs.''
Davening Street also said that Dublin would not accept asylum seekers seeking to return to the UK.
And on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry released a video showing police officers rounding up migrants for deportation, even though the planes won't depart until July at the earliest.
