Boris Johnson said 50 people had been told they would be sent to Rwanda within the next two weeks and were ready to fight leftists seeking to challenge the government’s plans for refugees.
Under a £ 120m scheme announced last month, people believed to have entered the UK illegally will be transported to the East African country, where they will be allowed to apply for the right of establishment.
The plans have met with widespread criticism from human rights charities and even some Tory assholes, including former Prime Minister Theresa May and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
However, in an interview with the Daily Mail, Johnson remained challenging, saying that the first 50 “illegal entrants” have already been notified that they will be sent to the African country within two weeks.
“There will be a lot of legal opposition from the types of companies that have been taking taxpayers’ money for a long time to raise such cases and thwart the will of the people, the will of parliament. We are ready for that, “he said.
“We will dig into the battle and, you know, we will make it work. We have a huge flowchart of things we need to do to deal with him, the left-wing lawyers. “
Asked if he could respond with a review of the European Convention on Human Rights, Johnson said: “We will look at everything. Nothing is off the table. ”
The interior ministry released its own assessment of the impact of equality policy this week and said there were “concerns” about the treatment of some LGBTQ + people in the East African country. It says investigations show that the “bad treatment” of this group is “more than one-off.”
Tom Parsglove, Minister for Justice and the Fight against Illegal Immigration, said decisions to transport asylum seekers to Rwanda would be considered “on a case-by-case basis” and did not deny that people fleeing the war in Ukraine could be among them. .
Persglove said: “There is absolutely no reason for a Ukrainian to board a small boat and pay a smuggler to get to the United Kingdom.
He also failed to provide any estimates that the government’s policy of relocating Rwanda would reduce the number of people arriving in the UK in small boats.
“This is a new and untested policy at the moment,” he said. “I think in time we will see that this policy, as part of a broader package that we are introducing, will really change the dynamics.
When challenged about human rights concerns over politics during a hearing in the Home Affairs Committee, Parsglov said “Rwanda as a whole is a safe and secure country” to be used for resettlement. He claims that there are no “systematic violations” of human rights obligations in the country.
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Following the announcement of the government’s relocation scheme, more than 160 charities and campaigns called on the prime minister to repeal what he described as “shamefully brutal” plans.
The Archbishop of Canterbury used his Easter sermon to question the move, saying there were “serious ethical issues regarding sending asylum seekers abroad.”
May, herself a former interior secretary, said she did not support the idea “on the grounds of legality, practicality and efficiency”.
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