Lots of turtles. There are no hospitals. This is where the UK will send migrants.

So far this year, 13,000 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats.

In total, more than 45,700 boat migrants came to the UK last year. This is what Rishi Sunak wants to stop.

“Stop the boats” is a key part of the campaign when he is elected prime minister in 2022.

The new prime minister’s solution to the flow of migrants is to send them to Rwanda. But now he is not allowed. That’s why he made plan B.

It is illegal to send refugees to Rwanda

The British government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda first approved. But this summer, it was declared illegal by an appeals court.

Three judges in London concluded that Rwanda was not a safe country for asylum seekers. The British government is appealing the ruling further, he wrote Guard.

Meanwhile, parliament is debating the possibility of sending migrants to Ascension. British volcanic island 14 kilometers long in the Atlantic Ocean, more than 6,400 kilometers from the coast of England.

About 800 people lived here previously. There are few shops, lots of turtles, and no hospital on the island.

One of its few neighbors is the island of Sankt Helena. Nearly 1,300 kilometers away. This is where Napoleon was deported and lived there until his death in 1821.

Rwanda remains Britain’s top priority. This was confirmed by Sunak’s party colleague, Sarah Dines, according to Guard.

– But like a responsible country, we must have some options, he said on Monday.

The plan to send migrants to Ascension was also considered by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. But it was rejected in 2020.

When Dines was asked about this, he replied that “times are changing”.

– We look at all possibilities, So he.

Will do “whatever it takes” to protect the border

Last year, when sending migrants to Rwanda was deemed legal in the UK, problems persisted.

Because at that time it was the European court that stopped the plane before it departed.

One minister from the ruling party thinks this is Europe’s punishment for “Brexit”.

Now a surprising idea has emerged. Speaking to the BBC, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said it might be appropriate for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

– We will do whatever it takes to protect our borders, So him to Times Radio.

The statement received criticism. Among others, Lubna Shuja, president of the British Law Society.

Leaving the ECHR would make Britain look more like Russia and Belarus than other European countries, Shuja believes.

– It’s like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, he said clear.

– Workshop for bad ideas

Human rights organizations criticized the plan to send asylum seekers to the island and the disregard for human rights conventions.

The proposal is a combination of a number of bad ideas, said political adviser at the Norwegian Refugee Council, Helene Ryeng.

– Discussions about migrants have become workshops of bad ideas. Instead, we should focus on the reasons people flee and contribute to solving the reasons, he told Aftenposten.

Ryeng believes it is very disturbing if politicians from a big country like England want to leave the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

– Human rights are under extreme pressure. Seeking asylum is a fundamental right. We need and expect countries to come together to tackle this.

He also does not believe that sending refugees will stop the flow of refugees.

– The people who came in small boats were desperate. They come from countries experiencing hunger and poverty. What do we expect from them?