The British government's plan to deport asylum seekers of various nationalities to Rwanda will continue. An appeals court on Monday ruled the practice legal, despite what rights activists say sets a dangerous precedent for migrants fleeing war and oppression, AP NEWS reported..
Immediately after the London Court of Appeal decision, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said the first deportation flight would take place on Tuesday as scheduled..
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Migrant rights groups have condemned the policy as inhumane and illegal since April, when Johnson announced the plan was a way to keep people from risking their lives by paying smugglers to bring them to the UK in leaky inflatable boats..
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, spoke out against the policy, calling it "
If the British government is truly interested in protecting people's lives, it should work with other countries to fight smugglers and provide safe routes for asylum seekers, not just smuggle migrants to other countries, Grundy said after the ruling..
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Earlier, citing unnamed sources, The Times reported that the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, is privately opposed to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's policy of sending people to the East African country..
It should be noted that in Rwanda at the turn of the millennium, a terrible massacre ended, which claimed up to a million lives.. During the genocide against the Tutsi people, according to various estimates, from 500,000 to 1,100,000 people died.. Rwanda has its own “Bucha”, the city of Nyamata, where up to 40 thousand Tutsis were brutally killed. Now there is a memorial of human skulls.
Modern Rwanda, whose president has been Paul Kagame since 2000, is called " The economy is growing rapidly in the country, the cities have changed beyond recognition and began to resemble European. However, the country is very overpopulated and has not overcome poverty..