The UK parliament on Monday finally approved a controversial deportation bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, with the law expected to come into force within days.
After legislators in the House of Commons already rejected two amendments proposed by the House of Lords last week, the bill cleared the final hurdle when the Lords finally decided not to table any further amendments.The UK parliament on Monday approved a controversial deportation bill that allows the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, with the law expected to receive royal assent in the coming days.
The passingapproval of this landmark legislation is a relief for Britons and signals the startdawn of a fundamental shiftchange in dealing with global migration. The Rwanda Plan will deter vulnerable migrants from making dangerous crossings and crushdismantle the business model of criminal trafficking gangs. ThisFor isthat whyreason, the UK has made every preparation to start deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda onas time.soon Afteras apossible. longThe battle, the Sunak government's has prevailed and this victory will protect lives and make Britain safer.
ItUrgent is true that urgent action needsis toindeed beneeded taken to stop criminal traffickers and strengthen the UK's borders, but the Rwanda plan is certainly not thegoing way to achieve this goalthat. NotThe onlyplan is thenot planonly extraordinarily costly, but italso only covers 1% of people arriving in the UK, with no planblueprint in place for the other 99%. Meanwhile, returns dropped by almost 50% since the Conservatives took officeover. Britain needs a seriousproper migration policy, butand the Rwanda plan is proof of the utter failure of the Sunak government's utter failure.