This Thursday, 29 June, the Conservative Government led by Rishi Sunak suffered a severe setback after British Prosecutors deemed that Rwanda was not a “safe” country to send migrants arriving in the UK on an irregular basis.

The London Court of Appeals filed appeals by different asylum seekers and non-governmental organizations after the High Court last December upheld the Administration’s policy.

The ruling on the immigration act was divided. Unlike Geoffrey Vos and Nicholas Underhill, Ian Burnett – the chief judge in England and Wales and tasked with reading decisions publicly – considers the guarantees put forward by the Government to be valid and that Rwanda “is a safe country”. This opens up the possibility that the State can appeal.

“I strongly believe that the government of Rwanda has provided the necessary guarantees to ensure that there is no real risk that relocated asylum seekers will be mistakenly returned to a third country,” Burnett said.

However, Vos and Underhill are speaking out against the Irregular Immigration Bill currently in Parliament. Politicians argue that Kigali must remedy “flaws in the asylum process” before admitting civilians to the required standards.

The jurors concluded that Rwanda’s current system is inadequate and there is a “real risk” of asylum applications, which may not be processed and migrants can be repatriated to their country of origin.

It was determined that the Minister of Home Affairs, Suella Braverman, appealed this decision to the Supreme Court. Sunak’s government has signed an agreement with Kigali for migrants arriving irregularly through the English Channel to process their applications in the African country.

The government will appeal against Justice’s rejection

Rishi Sunak stated that they would seek permission from the court to appeal the decision of the High Court. On his Twitter account, the prime minister said he “fundamentally disagreed” with the verdict’s conclusions, although he respected them.

“Rwanda is a safe country. The High Court agreed. UNHCR has its own program for Libyan refugees in Rwanda,” he said. The prime minister added that it should be the government and not criminal gangs that should “decide who comes.”

“I will do whatever it takes to make it happen,” said Sunak.

In return, Labor again criticized the conservative plan for being “inadequate, unethical and too high-profile”.

Opposition Home Affairs spokeswoman Yvette Cooper said the Sunak administration could not “solve the mess” and reiterated that sending migrants to Rwanda was more expensive than allowing them to process applications in the country.

The Migration Advisor for Doctors Without Borders also objected to the government’s project, calling it “cruel”. “It would do serious and irreparable damage to their health, well-being and dignity,” he said.

with EFEs