Gb, Johnson: “Asylum seekers arrived illegally will be transferred to Rwanda”

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK illegally can be deported to Rwanda. This is what Boris Johnson announced when explaining his government’s tense plan, the prime minister said, to “save an infinite number of lives” from human traffickers who are turning the Channel into a “marine cemetery”. And as part of this new policy of iron fist against migrants, Johnson announced that from today it will be the Royal Navy, no longer the Border Force, to control the operations on the Channel, in order to stop the small boats and boats of migrants. Furthermore, it will be possible to indict those arriving illegally, and to impose heavy penalties, up to life imprisonment, against traffickers. Regarding the most sensational part of the plan, branded as “cruel” by humanitarian organizations, Johnson spoke of a Partnership on migration and economic development which provides that “anyone who has arrived in the United States since January 1st can now be transferred to Rwanda”. For the premier, it is “an innovative approach, driven by our humanitarian impulse and made possible by the freedoms granted by Brexit, which will provide legal and safe avenues for asylum”. The agreement with Rwanda “has no limits” of numbers and the African country, Johnson said, “has the capacity to host tens of thousands of people in the years to come”. “We are convinced that our plan fully respects our international obligations but despite this we expect legal recourses – Johnson acknowledged – and if this country is considered weak towards illegal immigration by some of our partners, it is the cause of a host of politicized lawyers who for years did business by hindering deportations and limiting government action “. The British premier then concluded by stating that he knew that his plan “will most likely not come into effect overnight”. According to data from the BBC, last year 28,526 people crossed the English Channel in small boats, while in 2020 there were just over 8 thousand. Only yesterday 600 people crossed the Channel by boat, and according to Johnson in the coming weeks this could reach a thousand a day.