{"id":59981,"date":"2023-12-06T18:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-to-seal-new-uk-asylum-treaty"},"modified":"2023-12-06T18:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:24:30","slug":"rwanda-to-seal-new-uk-asylum-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-to-seal-new-uk-asylum-treaty","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda to seal new UK asylum treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Britain\u2019s interior minister James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda yesterday to sign a new treaty that London hopes will revive controversial plans to transfer migrants to the east African country. Cleverly\u2019s ruling Conservatives are trying to salvage their stalled bid to send asylum-seekers and other migrants to Rwanda after the UK Supreme Court last month blocked an earlier arrangement as unlawful.<\/p>\n

The judges sided with a lower court decision that the policy was incompatible with Britain\u2019s international obligations because Kigali could forcibly return migrants to places where they could face persecution. A major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who is under pressure to reduce immigration to Britain, he has vowed to persevere with the contentious project by securing the new treaty.<\/p>\n

It will \u201caddress concerns\u201d raised in the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling, and reportedly include commitments by Rwanda on the treatment of the migrants sent there. Sunak\u2019s response also includes passing \u201cemergency legislation\u201d in parliament to designate Rwanda a safe country to end the \u201cmerry-go-round\u201d of legal challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fed up with our Rwanda policy being blocked,\u201d Sunak wrote in The Sun tabloid Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019ve got the government working on emergency laws to end the merry-go-round so that we can fix this problem once and for all — and stop the boats.\u201d<\/p>\n

A UK-Rwanda migration \u201cpartnership\u201d agreed in April last year envisaged sending to Kigali anyone who has made what London calls \u201cdangerous or illegal journeys\u201d to Britain on small boats from Europe or hidden in lorries. The first deportees were aboard a plane to fly there in June 2022 when a last-minute European Court of Human Rights injunction prevented any deportations, prompting the further legal challenges.<\/p>\n

The government insists the scheme is crucial to deter \u201cillegal\u201d immigration across the Channel from France on inflatable vessels \u2013 an emotive issue set to feature prominently in a general election expected next year.<\/p>\n

Nearly 30 000 have made the perilous journey this year — down on the nearly 46 000 who crossed in 2022, but still far short of meeting Sunak\u2019s vow to \u201cstop the boats\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cleverly will sign the new treaty alongside Rwanda\u2019s Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and \u201cdiscuss key next steps\u201d in their plan, according to his ministry. \u201cWe are clear that Rwanda is a safe country, and we are working at pace to move forward with this partnership to stop the boats and save lives,\u201d Cleverly said in a statement ahead of the visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court recognised that changes may be delivered in future to address the conclusions they reached — and that is what we have set out to do together, with this new, internationally recognised treaty agreement.\u201d While in Rwanda, Cleverly will also visit the genocide memorial in Kigali and staff at the British High Commission.<\/p>\n

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