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The United Kingdom has sent its first asylum-seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme, British media reports said on Tuesday, a week after the UK government adopted a controversial law allowing irregular migrants to be deported to the East African nation.
The voluntary scheme is separate from the government's forced deportation program that seeks to deter asylum seekers from crossing the English Channel in small boats to live in the UK. The contentious law allows the UK government to expel undocumented migrants to Rwanda, where they would be allowed to remain if their asylum applications are successful. They would not be allowed to return to the UK. British authorities have detained the first migrants set to be removed to Rwanda under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship illegal migration policy, the government said on Wednesday. Sunak's Conservative government plans to begin the expulsions by July. Meanwhile, the unnamed man — who left the UK on Monday — is the first to have voluntarily moved to Rwanda after being offered up to 3,000 pounds (€3,515, $3,740) of financial aid as part of the separate scheme, media reports said. He had agreed to be sent to Kigali after his asylum request was rejected late last year, several media outlets reported. The man — who is not Rwandan but said to be of "African origin" — left on a commercial flight to Kigali, The Sun newspaper reported. Looming elections The news comes just days before local elections in England and Wales in which the ruling Conservatives are expected to suffer major losses to the opposition Labour Party. Sunak has made "stopping the boats" one of his five promises to the public, with the asylum-seeker's removal seen as a signal to voters that his government's wider migration plan can be made to work. "We are now able to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda under our migration and economic development partnership," a government spokesperson said. "This deal allows people with no immigration status in the UK to be relocated to a safe third country where they will be supported to rebuild their lives," the spokesperson said. The government's forced deportation plan has come under fire from the United Nations and rights groups. On Monday, a British government document showed that the first asylum-seekers to be deported from the UK to Rwanda would come from a group of 5,700 people that Kigali has agreed in principle to accept. More than 7,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year, making it a record high for the first four months of a calendar year. Rwanda — which has a population of 13 million people —claims to be one of the most stable nations on the African continent and has been praised for its modern infrastructure. However, rights groups have accused President Paul Kagame of ruling in a climate of fear, stifling dissent and free speech. The Blog Tags Widget will appear here on the published site.
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Brexit pays off. No ties to European Union set the United Kingdom free to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda by plane. Parliament has passed the controversial law allowing this. Rwanda has now been declared a safe country to avoid objections to deportations. The law has been the subject of long debate in Britain. The government has been trying to get the plan through for years, but has always encountered resistance. The law was announced two years ago. This was followed by a long parliamentary process, partly due to legal setbacks. For example, an earlier version was blocked by the judge, because Rwanda was not a safe country. That problem for British Prime Minister Sunak has now been resolved. In November, the UK's highest courts ruled that Rwanda is not safe, but with the new legislation the Prime Minister has achieved, among other things, that this is no longer an obstacle. The House of Commons has now declared Rwanda safe. This was preceded by a marathon fight between the House of Lords (House of Lords) and the House of Commons (House of Commons) that lasted well into the night. The law is likely to be signed by King Charles on Tuesday. The law is intended to deter migrants who want to cross the Channel, but there is a lot of opposition to the controversial plan. Two years ago, a plane carrying asylum seekers about to depart for Kigali was stopped on the runway by a European judge. The British plan is being followed with great interest by other European countries. It may set a precedent on how to deal with asylum seekers. The whole idea behind this is to deter people. The British are looking for a new model to discourage people from making the dangerous crossing to the UK. This outsources the asylum procedure to a completely different country. This law is a big victory for Prime Minister Sunak made this his promise even before he became Prime Minister. The Blog Tags Widget will appear here on the published site.
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The military regime in Mali prohibits media from reporting on the activities of political parties and associations. The ban applies to all forms of media, including television, radio, online and newspapers. The Malian junta yesterday banned all activities of political parties until further notice. This would be necessary to maintain public order. Analysts tell the AP that the decisions are probably the result of criticism of the military government from politicians and students, among others. In recent weeks, they expressed their frustration over the junta's inability to return Mali to democratic rule. The Malian junta came to power in a coup in 2021. The umbrella organization of journalists in Mali opposes the ban on reporting on political activities in the country. The organization called on journalists to continue reporting on this and encouraged them to "stay strong, stay united and mobilize to defend citizens' right to access information." The reason given by the Malian junta for the ban on political activities is that political discussions in recent months have led nowhere and would even undermine national security. But most likely there is more to it. This decree comes just over a week after eighty political parties and civilian organizations called on the military junta in a joint statement to organize elections as soon as possible. Mali's National Commission for Human Rights also said it was concerned about the ban on reporting on political activities. “Rather than calming the social climate, these restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms could potentially create problems and tensions that the country does not need.” The Blog Tags Widget will appear here on the published site.
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