The UN human rights office is “extremely worried about the impact” of plans by the United Kingdom government to send some migrants to Rwanda if they arrive in the country through unlawful routes.
The UK government’s proposals to send certain migrants to Rwanda if they enter the country illegally are still causing the UN human rights office “great worry about the impact,” the office claims.
Suella Braverman, the UK home secretary, has insisted that migrants can travel freely in Rwanda.
She stated on Sunday that she thought the Rwanda policy would have “a significant deterrent effect” so that people wouldn’t travel to the UK over the Channel.
Yet, according to evaluations conducted by the UN agency for refugees, the Rwandan asylum system was “not robust enough,” according to the UN human rights office.
“There are also concerns about respect for the right to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression in Rwanda. Those concerns do remain today,” spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told the BBC’s Newsday programme.
“We have a lot of evidence of how these plans [off-shore asylum facilities] go wrong,” she added.