The British government’s migration policy has been left in shambles after the Court of Appeal ruling declaring it illegal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Actually, not only the immigration policy, but the very Administration headed by Rishi Sunak, which has made the forced expulsion of the African country the axis of its electoral platform and the main candy for the large bloc of voters with xenophobic and far-right leanings. It’s like those buildings with structural problems and deep cracks that undermine their foundations and one day come crashing down.
The Court has sided with human rights groups, lawyers and the United Nations Commission for Refugees, and upheld their argument that Rwanda is not a safe place where their rights would be respected. On the contrary, it would be possible that they were returned to their countries of origin without even considering the circumstances of their cases. The decision has been taken by two votes to one, and annuls a previous one from the High Court.
But the Government says that it does not intend to give up, that it will continue to explore legal ways to proceed with the forced deportations of immigrants who arrive “through unauthorized routes”, and in particular those who do so by crossing the English Channel in a boat. Home Secretary Stella Braverman has long been pushing for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and be able to do whatever it wants with asylum seekers. Although the Court of Appeal ruling is a severe setback to her plans.
Sunak thinks that his only chance of winning the elections at the end of next year is through an improvement in the economy, growth, the elimination of inflation and a drastic reduction in the number of illegal immigrants. But for the moment he is suffering only setbacks, he is not on track to fulfill any of his promises in this regard, and Labor has extended its lead in the polls to twenty-seven points, which would be enough for an absolute majority.
The sentence comes the day after the Lords defeated the bill for deportations to Rwanda, and returned it to the Government to review it with greater guarantees for immigrants. A study has indicated that sending each person to the African country would cost taxpayers about €200,000, much more than sheltering them in Britain while their cases are pending. But money is not the main consideration for Sunak. What he needs is a bait hook for all the far-right voters who see foreigners as an enemy diluting national identity and taking jobs, rather than helping them do the jobs natives don’t want and pay the bills. pensions. The “Tory house” is falling apart.
