The message of the Rwanda partnership is ‘if you want to come to the UK, and you do so illegally, you will not get to stay in the UK’. That is the point of a deterrent”.
The fact that asylum seekers are now starting to go elsewhere is clear evidence that the deterrent effect is taking place”.
Oh the irony of the Irish Republic whining about the very border arrangement they insisted upon with the Protocol”.
We have 11 million people displaced from Ukraine and millions in Sudan. But the sort of kneejerk reaction like the Rwanda policy, in my view, isn’t going to really do anything to deal with the issue.”
This is a betrayal of our values and will lead us down the path of new dependencies on third countries.”
It is having real impact on Ireland now in terms of people being fearful in the UK — maybe that's the impact it was designed to have
I believe the Rwanda effect is impacting on Ireland and that didn't happen today or yesterday
We don't agree, we think that our approach is the right one
Your friends in Britain and France will stand with you as you build your country, ... and build your democracy for the future.
We are ready, plans are in place and these flights will go, come what may,
Flights to Rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks, creating the deterrent needed to end the criminal exploitation of migrants by the people smuggling gangs.”
Instead of criminalising people on the move and taking away safe and legal routes to arrive, Cleverly should be making it possible for the people who need to reach safety and be welcomed with dignity, not getting tips from European leaders on how to make the Channel even more dangerous.”
A lot of this expenditure is linked to the success of the project,
Obviously, people will take a huge amount of interest in the first flight,
We have, of course, given a huge amount of thought to the things that have happened in the past and what might happen in the future,
Because of the situation we’re in, because of the attitude of others, so it’s not available at the moment.”
The coup is complete, Remain has won and democracy has lost”.
We had a totally different situation because we had a situation where you could return people directly to France”.
By shifting responsibility for refugees, reducing the UK's courts' ability to scrutinize removal decisions, restricting access to legal remedies in the UK and limiting the scope of domestic and international human rights protections for a specific group of people, this new legislation seriously hinders the rule of law in the UK and sets a perilous precedent globally."
The new legislation marks a further step away from the U.K.’s long tradition of providing refuge to those in need, in breach of the Refugee Convention,