The UK’s official plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is “brutal” and “impractical”criticized conservative former Home Secretary Amber Rudd, at a time when the new government seeks to relaunch the deportations in question by human rights organizations.

Last June, the first flight with immigrants to be sent to the African country was canceled at the last minute following a court order issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) preventing asylum seekers from being deported.

However, Britain’s new Conservative government will continue with the plan, as Home Secretary Suella Braverman hinted when she said it was her “dream” to see a plane take off for Rwanda.

Braverman resigned from his post in the final days of former Prime Minister Liz Truss’ term over a data breach, but was reappointed by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

“I want to have a Telegraph cover with a plane taking off to Rwanda. It’s my dream, it’s my obsession”Braverman said earlier this month when discussing the initiative.

The British minister’s comments were surprising given that his parents came to Britain as immigrants in the 1960s.

His mother came to England from Kenya to work as a nurse for the NHS, while his father came from Mauritius to work in a housing association.

The British minister’s comments were surprising given that his parents came to Britain as immigrants in the 1960s.

“The government came up with the idea of ​​sending people to Rwanda. I don’t believe it. This is a brutal policy that we shouldn’t have implemented in the first place.”former minister Rudd pointed out to British station GB News.

He suggested that officials should focus on improving relations with France to deal with irregular crossings in the English Channel.

A published report by members of the British Border Forces Union warns that up to 3,000 migrants, including children, are being held illegally in overcrowded and inhumane conditions.

According to Lucy Moreton, a spokeswoman for the union, there are about 3,000 people being held in places designed for 1,000 people, while immigration staff do not receive special training for this situation.

“Migrants are not in a human condition. They have nothing to do, they are bored, they are frustrated, and they fight with each other and with us.”explained the spokesman.

In parallel, Chief Border and Immigration Inspector David Neal revealed to Parliament that refugee families were held in tents with small children sleeping on mats on the floor for up to a month in a crowded center in Kent, county, of southeast England. .

Neal said he was “speechless” after visiting the Manston facility, where about 2,800 people are being held in a facility designed to accommodate just 1,600 people.

This Thursday, local media also reported that British maritime authorities responded to several incidents in the English Channel, after people smugglers pushed at least seven boats into the water in bad weather conditions.

At least 250 people are believed to have been transferred to Border Force lifeboats and ships so far.

The incident came after the government confirmed that more than 38,000 people had crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year.