MADRID, June 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The non-governmental organization Amnesty International has demanded this Wednesday that the British Government “abandon its cruel policy” of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) intervened on Tuesday to stop flights to Kigali.

“Last night’s flight cancellation should have been the moment when the (British) government abandoned this draconian policy, but unfortunately the situation is the opposite,” said the executive director of the UK-based NGO. Sacha Deshmukh.

“We must not forget that the people who were about to be deported to Rwanda last night did nothing but exercise their right to seek asylum in the UK,” he said, before stressing that “this misunderstood scheme is a desperate and sad repetition. a similar and now abandoned agreement reached by Israel, which is also considering the expulsion of refugees and asylum seekers to Rwanda”.

As such, Deshmukh has stated that “Rwanda’s disastrous policy is a clear and shameful waiver of Britain’s responsibilities under the Refugee Convention.” “This is an unfortunate spectacle. The government is destroying the asylum system and placing vulnerable people in unbearable torment.”

However, Boris Johnson’s government has made it clear that it will keep trying. In this regard, the Minister of Manpower, Therese Coffey, has assured in an interview this Wednesday with the BBC that “Ministry of Home Affairs lawyers are already working on the next steps” and are “preparing for the next flight”.

The agreement with Rwanda allows British authorities to send asylum seekers across the English Channel to the African country. The initiative is awarded with 120 million pounds —144 million euros — and will focus primarily on men without family responsibilities who arrive in the UK by boat or truck.

The Human Rights Organization stated that the British authorities failed to fulfill their protective obligations by carrying out evictions which, in their opinion, implied the responsibility of outsourcing to a third country other than the origin of those directly affected.