Critics slam U.K. plan to send migrants arriving by illegal routes to Rwanda.
California had more cases of human trafficking reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline than any other state.LONDON -- Church leaders, politicians and aid groups condemned the U.K. Home Office’s new plan to tackle illegal migration and clamp down on human-trafficking gangs by sending migrants to Rwanda.
Members of the U.K. Bond network, along with more than 160 charities and campaign groups of non-governmental organizations, criticized the country’s track record on human rights in an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. TheyThe organizations said the government’s plan would result in “more, not fewer, dangerous journeys -- leaving more people at risk of being trafficked.”Migrants picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel, sit in a U.K.
Johnson said 28,526 people arrived in the U.K. by small boats last year, up from 8,404 in 2020. The daily figure could reach 1,000 people a day in coming weeks, he added. “Appalled” by the government’s decision to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, Enver Solomon, CEO of the Refugee Council,Solomon said it was a policy that stood “in stark contrast” to what every conservative prime minister since Churchill has sought to do by providing a fair hearing on British soil for those who claim asylum.
Patel, who stood fully by the scheme, accused its critics of not coming up with an alternative solution. But there are doubts inside the Home Office about whether the budget allocated is justified by quantified evidence of its deterrence effect.
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