The decision to scrap the flight capped three days of frantic court challenges from immigrant rights lawyers. 9News
cancelled a flight that was scheduled to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda late Tuesday after the European Court of Human Rights intervened, saying the plan carried "a real risk of irreversible harm".
After the flight was cancelled, Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was disappointed but would not be "deterred from doing the right thing". Opponents have argued that it is illegal and inhumane to send people thousands of miles to a country they don't want to live in. The leaders of the Church of England joined the opposition, calling the government's policy "immoral". Prince Charles was among those opposed, according to British news reports.A soldier carries a child from a group of people thought to be migrants into Dover, England.
"The government must immediately rethink by having a grown-up conversation with France and the about sharing responsibility and look to operating an orderly, humane, and fair asylum system," Solomon said.The UN refugee agency condemned the plan out of concern that other countries will follow suit as war, repression and natural disasters force a growing number of people from their homes.
In Britain, those pressures have led to a surge in the number of people crossing the English Channel in leaky inflatable boats, sometimes with disastrous consequences. Last November, 27 people died when their boat sank in the waters between France and England. Britain's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has promised to stop refugees crossing the English Channel after 27 people died after a boat sank in the waters between France and England.If the British government is truly interested in protecting lives, it should work with other countries to target the smugglers and provide safe routes for asylum-seekers, not simply shunt migrants to other countries, Grandi said.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Britain prevented from sending first plane of refugees to RwandaThe flight had been scheduled to leave on Tuesday evening but lawyers for the asylum seekers launched a flurry of case-by-case appeals seeking to block the deportation of everyone on the government’s list.
Read more »
Controversial UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to go ahead after appeal failsThe British government was to send a first plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday despite last-gasp legal bids and protests against the controversial policy.
Read more »
UK Rwanda deportation plan: ‘Not a refugee crisis, but a racism crisis’
Read more »
UK cancels first flight to deport asylum seekers to RwandaBritain cancelled a flight that was scheduled to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda late Tuesday after the European Court of Human Rights intervened.
Read more »