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Rwanda asylum plan

July 21, 2023

The Rwanda asylum plan (officially the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership, also known as the Rwanda asylum scheme, the Rwanda plan and the Rwanda deal) is an immigration policy which was first proposed by the British government, whereby people who the United Kingdom identifies as being illegal immigrants or asylum seekers will be relocated to Rwanda for processing, asylum and resettlement. Those who are successful in claiming asylum will remain in Rwanda and they will not be permitted to return to the United Kingdom.

British home secretary Priti Patel (left) and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta (right) enacting the policy on 14 April 2022

The first flight for this plan received legal clearance from the High Court and was scheduled for 14 June 2022. A last-minute interim measure by the European Court of Human Rights led to the plan being halted until the conclusion of the legal action in the UK. At the end of 2022, the High Court further ruled that though the plan is lawful, the individual cases of eight asylum seekers due to be deported that year, had to be reconsidered.[1] The Court of Appeal ruled on 29 June 2023 that the plan is unlawful.

Description

The UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership,[2] also known as the Rwanda asylum plan,[3][4] is a policy that was announced in a speech by British prime minister Boris Johnson.[5] It is an immigration policy whereby people identified by the United Kingdom as being illegal immigrants or asylum seekers will be relocated to Rwanda for processing, asylum and resettlement.[5][6] It was enacted for a duration of five years by British home secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta on 13 April 2022.[7] Its stated aims are to decrease the number of migrant crossings in the English channel, stop human smuggling, and boost Rwandan investment and development.[8][9] Johnson said it would "save countless lives" and would break the business model of "vile people smugglers".[8] The United Kingdom will pay Rwanda an "economic transformation and integration fund" amounting to £120 million, and will also fund each immigrant between £20,000 and £30,000 for their relocation and temporary accommodation in the scheme.[10] The agreement with the Rwandan government does not specify how many migrants will be accepted under the scheme but it has subsequently been reported that the initial maximum will be 200.[11][12] In comparison, net migration to the UK rose to a record high of around 504,000 in the year to June 2022, driven by an increase in the number of non-European Union nationals.[13] The government registered 45,755 people arriving by small boats in 2022, 60% higher than in 2021, according to the Home Office. That has led to a record backlog of 161,000 asylum cases.[14]

Upon their arrival in Rwanda, migrants will be temporarily accommodated in the capital Kigali while their claims for asylum are processed.[15] If successful, migrants will then receive permanent residency in the country and be offered permanent accommodation. It is expected that all claims will, at most, take three months to be processed.[16] Once in Rwanda, migrants will not be allowed to return to the United Kingdom to seek asylum.[17]

The United Kingdom has stated that asylum in the country will still be granted on an individual basis, but that depends on the strength of each claim. Rwanda has stated that they will not accept immigrants with criminal records, nor will it accept families or anyone under the age of majority.[18][17]

Application

On 14 May 2022, Johnson said in an interview with the Daily Mail that fifty migrants had been told that they would be transported to Rwanda over the next two weeks, and that his government was ready for legal opposition to the plan's enforcement.[19]

The first flight under this plan was scheduled for 14 June 2022 and was expected to carry more than 30 people.[20] By 14 June, the number of people expected on the flight had been reduced to seven after successful legal challenges had removed a number of people from it. On the evening of 14 June it was confirmed the flight would no longer depart on that date following an interim measure from the European Court of Human Rights.[21] Home Secretary Priti Patel said that she was "disappointed" by the outcome and that preparations for "the next flight" were to begin immediately.[21]

Legal challenge

Two campaign groups – Detention Action and Care4Calais – joined the PCS Union and four asylum seekers to challenge the plan in the High Court and request a last-minute injunction to stop the first flight from taking off on 14 June 2022.[22] However, on 10 June 2022 the High Court refused to grant the injunction requested.[23]

At 19:30 on the day of the planned flight, the European Court of Human Rights issued an interim measure which stated that one of its seven passengers, an Iraqi man, would face "a real risk of irreversible harm" if he was transported to Rwanda. That interim measure led the other six passengers to appeal, some to judges in London. The removal orders were scrapped and the flight was cancelled.[24] After the ECHR intervention, some political figures called for the UK to leave the ECHR.[25]

On 19 December 2022, the High Court of the United Kingdom ruled that the British government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their application is ongoing is lawful.[26] However, a group of asylum seekers selected for deportation appealed the case to the Court of Appeal, which ruled on 29 June 2023 that the plan is unlawful because Rwanda is not a safe country. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court.[27]

Reception

United Kingdom

A YouGov poll, reported on 14 April 2022, found that 42% of those questioned disagreed with the plan, while 35% were in support. Results differed depending on what political party members of the public supported. The majority of Conservative supporters agreed with the scheme, whereas the majority of Brexiteers, Remainers, Liberal Democrat supporters and Labour supporters were opposed. Labour voters in the Red Wall and Wales were most likely to agree with the policy out of the party's supporters. People in Scotland and London, as well as young people nationwide, opposed the scheme the most. In contrast, the elderly gave it the most support.[28] By 13 June 2022, a YouGov poll reported that 44% of those questioned supported the plan, and that 40% were opposed to it.[29]

Demonstrations were held outside the Home Office the day the policy was announced and charities warned of Rwanda's human rights violations.[30] The Rwanda deportation flight was to have been carried out by Privilege Style, a Spanish based charter operator who has previously conducted deportation flights for the Home Office. Seven airline operators have been identified as providing contract services for such flights the previous year.[31] Privilege Style later announced that it would not be making the requested deportation flights due to a campaign by pressure group Freedom from Torture.[32]

As summarised by the Evening Standard on 15 April 2022, the Daily Mirror and the Guardian called the plan "inhumane", while the i called it "cruel", and the Daily Mail called its critics "left-wing lawyers and naysayers".[33]

Home Office under secretary, Matthew Rycroft was reported on 17 April 2022 to have expressed doubt over whether the plan will deter migrants or provide value for money while the home secretary, Priti Patel said that the prospect of being sent to Rwanda would disrupt the people-smuggling trade.[34]

Archbishop Justin Welby said during an Easter Sunday sermon that the scheme raised "serious ethical questions" and did not stand "the judgement of God".[35]

On 10 June 2022, The Times reported that Prince Charles had privately described the plan as "appalling" and feared that it would overshadow the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Rwanda on 23 June, where the Prince represented the Queen.[36]

On 15 June 2022, in an exchange in the House of Commons, Labour's Yvette Cooper criticised the scheme saying that in the past Rwanda had shot asylum seekers because they protested about food shortages, and had sent asylum seekers back to Syria and Afghanistan. She said Patel was failing to get a better agreement with France to prevent people crossing the Channel because relevant relationships with France broke down.[37]

Speaking to GB News, the former home secretary Amber Rudd described the plan as being "brutal" and "impractical", saying that the UK government should try and improve relations with France to help deal with migrants crossing the English Channel to try and enter the UK.[38]

Rwanda

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has defended the asylum plan, dismissing allegations that "the U.K. gave Rwanda money to dump people here," further stating that it was "just a problem that needs to be solved and Rwanda is ready to help." He favourably compared the plan to his 2018 proposal to give asylum to Libyan refugees.[39][40]

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, leader of the opposition in Rwanda, criticised the policy as dealing with British issues where Rwanda's problems should be dealt with first. She also claimed that Rwanda was not prepared for the new immigrants: "If our people don't have enough to eat, if our kids or Rwanda's kids don't have the possibility of going to school because of the poverty, how will the Rwandan government give education to the kids of refugees?"[41]

Laurent Mbanda, the head of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, supported the plans. He said that the nation's people empathised with refugees due to their own experiences from the 1990s Rwandan genocide.[42]

International

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is "firmly opposed" to the policy,[43] believing it to be unlawful, prejudiced and impractical. Its assistant high commissioner Gillian Triggs said the United Kingdom was "attempting to shift its burden to a developing country" and that the policy "would not comply with the UK's international legal responsibilities". Triggs has called for more options for legal immigration to be introduced to the United Kingdom.[44]

Similar plans

Denmark

Denmark has what has been described as a zero-refugees policy, under which it had passed legislation in 2021 for refugees to be sent outside the European Union to be processed;[45][46] Kagame himself had spoken of talks with the Danish government for Rwanda to participate as early as April 2022.[39]

On 18 August 2022, Denmark opened an office in Rwanda in preparation to move forward with its plan.[47] By 9 September, both Denmark and Rwanda agreed to move forward with it.[48] The plan was met with polarized reactions, facing condemnation both domestically and internationally, while also receiving support from parties across the political spectrum.[49]

Other cases

Sky News compared the UK's scheme to those in use by other countries.[46] In addition to Denmark, it also described the "Pacific Solution" that Australia announced in 2001, under which refugees were to be sent to Papua New Guinea and Nauru;[46] the scheme was modified in 2013 to deter refugees trying to arrive by boat.[46] It also described how the EU had tried measures, including sending migrants to Niger, to try to stop migrants dying trying to cross the Mediterranean from Africa into EU countries.[46] Under a plan by Israel, an African country (which was initially unnamed) agreed to accept up to 20,000 male migrants.[46][50] An unknown number were deported, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ultimately conceded that the country involved was Rwanda.[46][51] Most of the men deported fled Rwanda, while others reported difficulty finding work.[52][53] The scheme failed when the country's supreme court suspended deportations in 2018.[54]

See also

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External links

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the government of the Republic of Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership arrangement

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The Rwanda asylum plan officially the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership also known as the Rwanda asylum scheme the Rwanda plan and the Rwanda deal is an immigration policy which was first proposed by the British government whereby people who the United Kingdom identifies as being illegal immigrants or asylum seekers will be relocated to Rwanda for processing asylum and resettlement Those who are successful in claiming asylum will remain in Rwanda and they will not be permitted to return to the United Kingdom British home secretary Priti Patel left and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta right enacting the policy on 14 April 2022The first flight for this plan received legal clearance from the High Court and was scheduled for 14 June 2022 A last minute interim measure by the European Court of Human Rights led to the plan being halted until the conclusion of the legal action in the UK At the end of 2022 the High Court further ruled that though the plan is lawful the individual cases of eight asylum seekers due to be deported that year had to be reconsidered 1 The Court of Appeal ruled on 29 June 2023 that the plan is unlawful Contents 1 Description 2 Application 3 Legal challenge 4 Reception 4 1 United Kingdom 4 2 Rwanda 4 3 International 5 Similar plans 5 1 Denmark 5 2 Other cases 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksDescription EditThe UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership 2 also known as the Rwanda asylum plan 3 4 is a policy that was announced in a speech by British prime minister Boris Johnson 5 It is an immigration policy whereby people identified by the United Kingdom as being illegal immigrants or asylum seekers will be relocated to Rwanda for processing asylum and resettlement 5 6 It was enacted for a duration of five years by British home secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta on 13 April 2022 7 Its stated aims are to decrease the number of migrant crossings in the English channel stop human smuggling and boost Rwandan investment and development 8 9 Johnson said it would save countless lives and would break the business model of vile people smugglers 8 The United Kingdom will pay Rwanda an economic transformation and integration fund amounting to 120 million and will also fund each immigrant between 20 000 and 30 000 for their relocation and temporary accommodation in the scheme 10 The agreement with the Rwandan government does not specify how many migrants will be accepted under the scheme but it has subsequently been reported that the initial maximum will be 200 11 12 In comparison net migration to the UK rose to a record high of around 504 000 in the year to June 2022 driven by an increase in the number of non European Union nationals 13 The government registered 45 755 people arriving by small boats in 2022 60 higher than in 2021 according to the Home Office That has led to a record backlog of 161 000 asylum cases 14 Upon their arrival in Rwanda migrants will be temporarily accommodated in the capital Kigali while their claims for asylum are processed 15 If successful migrants will then receive permanent residency in the country and be offered permanent accommodation It is expected that all claims will at most take three months to be processed 16 Once in Rwanda migrants will not be allowed to return to the United Kingdom to seek asylum 17 The United Kingdom has stated that asylum in the country will still be granted on an individual basis but that depends on the strength of each claim Rwanda has stated that they will not accept immigrants with criminal records nor will it accept families or anyone under the age of majority 18 17 Application EditOn 14 May 2022 Johnson said in an interview with the Daily Mail that fifty migrants had been told that they would be transported to Rwanda over the next two weeks and that his government was ready for legal opposition to the plan s enforcement 19 The first flight under this plan was scheduled for 14 June 2022 and was expected to carry more than 30 people 20 By 14 June the number of people expected on the flight had been reduced to seven after successful legal challenges had removed a number of people from it On the evening of 14 June it was confirmed the flight would no longer depart on that date following an interim measure from the European Court of Human Rights 21 Home Secretary Priti Patel said that she was disappointed by the outcome and that preparations for the next flight were to begin immediately 21 Legal challenge EditTwo campaign groups Detention Action and Care4Calais joined the PCS Union and four asylum seekers to challenge the plan in the High Court and request a last minute injunction to stop the first flight from taking off on 14 June 2022 22 However on 10 June 2022 the High Court refused to grant the injunction requested 23 At 19 30 on the day of the planned flight the European Court of Human Rights issued an interim measure which stated that one of its seven passengers an Iraqi man would face a real risk of irreversible harm if he was transported to Rwanda That interim measure led the other six passengers to appeal some to judges in London The removal orders were scrapped and the flight was cancelled 24 After the ECHR intervention some political figures called for the UK to leave the ECHR 25 On 19 December 2022 the High Court of the United Kingdom ruled that the British government s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their application is ongoing is lawful 26 However a group of asylum seekers selected for deportation appealed the case to the Court of Appeal which ruled on 29 June 2023 that the plan is unlawful because Rwanda is not a safe country Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court 27 Reception EditUnited Kingdom Edit A YouGov poll reported on 14 April 2022 found that 42 of those questioned disagreed with the plan while 35 were in support Results differed depending on what political party members of the public supported The majority of Conservative supporters agreed with the scheme whereas the majority of Brexiteers Remainers Liberal Democrat supporters and Labour supporters were opposed Labour voters in the Red Wall and Wales were most likely to agree with the policy out of the party s supporters People in Scotland and London as well as young people nationwide opposed the scheme the most In contrast the elderly gave it the most support 28 By 13 June 2022 a YouGov poll reported that 44 of those questioned supported the plan and that 40 were opposed to it 29 Demonstrations were held outside the Home Office the day the policy was announced and charities warned of Rwanda s human rights violations 30 The Rwanda deportation flight was to have been carried out by Privilege Style a Spanish based charter operator who has previously conducted deportation flights for the Home Office Seven airline operators have been identified as providing contract services for such flights the previous year 31 Privilege Style later announced that it would not be making the requested deportation flights due to a campaign by pressure group Freedom from Torture 32 As summarised by the Evening Standard on 15 April 2022 the Daily Mirror and the Guardian called the plan inhumane while the i called it cruel and the Daily Mail called its critics left wing lawyers and naysayers 33 Home Office under secretary Matthew Rycroft was reported on 17 April 2022 to have expressed doubt over whether the plan will deter migrants or provide value for money while the home secretary Priti Patel said that the prospect of being sent to Rwanda would disrupt the people smuggling trade 34 Archbishop Justin Welby said during an Easter Sunday sermon that the scheme raised serious ethical questions and did not stand the judgement of God 35 On 10 June 2022 The Times reported that Prince Charles had privately described the plan as appalling and feared that it would overshadow the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Rwanda on 23 June where the Prince represented the Queen 36 On 15 June 2022 in an exchange in the House of Commons Labour s Yvette Cooper criticised the scheme saying that in the past Rwanda had shot asylum seekers because they protested about food shortages and had sent asylum seekers back to Syria and Afghanistan She said Patel was failing to get a better agreement with France to prevent people crossing the Channel because relevant relationships with France broke down 37 Speaking to GB News the former home secretary Amber Rudd described the plan as being brutal and impractical saying that the UK government should try and improve relations with France to help deal with migrants crossing the English Channel to try and enter the UK 38 Rwanda Edit Rwandan President Paul Kagame has defended the asylum plan dismissing allegations that the U K gave Rwanda money to dump people here further stating that it was just a problem that needs to be solved and Rwanda is ready to help He favourably compared the plan to his 2018 proposal to give asylum to Libyan refugees 39 40 Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza leader of the opposition in Rwanda criticised the policy as dealing with British issues where Rwanda s problems should be dealt with first She also claimed that Rwanda was not prepared for the new immigrants If our people don t have enough to eat if our kids or Rwanda s kids don t have the possibility of going to school because of the poverty how will the Rwandan government give education to the kids of refugees 41 Laurent Mbanda the head of the Anglican Church of Rwanda supported the plans He said that the nation s people empathised with refugees due to their own experiences from the 1990s Rwandan genocide 42 International Edit The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR is firmly opposed to the policy 43 believing it to be unlawful prejudiced and impractical Its assistant high commissioner Gillian Triggs said the United Kingdom was attempting to shift its burden to a developing country and that the policy would not comply with the UK s international legal responsibilities Triggs has called for more options for legal immigration to be introduced to the United Kingdom 44 Similar plans EditDenmark Edit Denmark has what has been described as a zero refugees policy under which it had passed legislation in 2021 for refugees to be sent outside the European Union to be processed 45 46 Kagame himself had spoken of talks with the Danish government for Rwanda to participate as early as April 2022 39 On 18 August 2022 Denmark opened an office in Rwanda in preparation to move forward with its plan 47 By 9 September both Denmark and Rwanda agreed to move forward with it 48 The plan was met with polarized reactions facing condemnation both domestically and internationally while also receiving support from parties across the political spectrum 49 Other cases Edit Sky News compared the UK s scheme to those in use by other countries 46 In addition to Denmark it also described the Pacific Solution that Australia announced in 2001 under which refugees were to be sent to Papua New Guinea and Nauru 46 the scheme was modified in 2013 to deter refugees trying to arrive by boat 46 It also described how the EU had tried measures including sending migrants to Niger to try to stop migrants dying trying to cross the Mediterranean from Africa into EU countries 46 Under a plan by Israel an African country which was initially unnamed agreed to accept up to 20 000 male migrants 46 50 An unknown number were deported and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ultimately conceded that the country involved was Rwanda 46 51 Most of the men deported fled Rwanda while others reported difficulty finding work 52 53 The scheme failed when the country s supreme court suspended deportations in 2018 54 See also Edit Politics portal United Kingdom portal Africa portalAsylum seekers in the United Kingdom English Channel migrant crossings 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Rwanda is appalling The Times Sparrow Andrew 15 June 2022 No 10 revives prospect of UK leaving European convention on human rights after Labour calls Rwanda plans a shambles as it happened the Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 30 March 2023 Ex Tory home secretary Amber Rudd says Rwanda plan is brutal BBC News 27 October 2022 Retrieved 27 October 2022 a b Butera Saul 27 April 2022 Rwanda Defends U K Migration Deal Weighs Similar Denmark Plan Bloomberg Rwanda denies trading people allegation in UK asylum deal Africanews 22 April 2022 Mararike Shingi 15 April 2022 Nobody knew about it How the UK s world first migration deal has gone down in Rwanda itself Sky News Retrieved 16 April 2022 Rwandan Anglican archbishop defends UK asylum plan Today ng 18 June 2022 Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 Retrieved 19 June 2022 UNHCR firmly opposing UK Rwanda offshore migration processing deal UN News 14 April 2022 Retrieved 16 April 2022 Gentleman Amelia Allegretti Aubrey 15 April 2022 UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson s Rwanda asylum plan The Guardian Retrieved 16 April 2022 Danish MPs back controversial plan to relocate asylum seekers outside Europe France 24 3 June 2021 a b c d e f g Mehta Amar Whiteside Philip 13 June 2022 How the UK s Rwanda plan mirrors immigration policies in Australia Israel and Denmark Sky News Wienberg Christian 18 August 2022 Denmark Opens Rwanda Office as Part of New Asylum Center Plan Bloomberg Denmark and Rwanda move forward on asylum seeker transfer plan The Local 9 September 2022 Archived from the original on 21 September 2022 Mac Dougall David 11 October 2022 Denmark election Parties on left and right back controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda Euronews Ringler Elana Lubell Maayan 5 February 2018 Cash or custody Israel kicks off deportation of African migrants Reuters Retrieved 17 November 2022 Kershner Isabel 3 April 2018 Netanyahu s Reversal on Migrants Shows Influence of Hard Line Allies New York Times Retrieved 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