New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scrapping the Rwanda deportation plan by the previous Conservative government, saying its policy to keep irregular migration at bay has had the 'complete opposite effect.'
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scrapping the Rwanda deportation plan by the previous Conservative government, saying its policy to keep irregular migration at bay has had the"complete opposite effect."The scheme was widely denounced by rights groups and the public and was even revised and resubmitted to parliament after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful.
UK Home Office figures show some 12,300 people have made the crossing from northern France to Britain so far this year, an 18% rise from the same period last year. Starmer also said the Rwanda plan would have removed only about 1% of asylum seekers. The 5-year deal would see London pay the government in Kigali to process claims from asylum seekers who had arrived in Britain without permission.
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