The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that the government's longstanding plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful at present. However, the ruling hinges on the technicality that Rwanda cannot be deemed a safe third country, and does not mean that outsourcing asylum procedures to another country is illegal as such.
At least 60% of those who crossed the Channel in small boats in 2022 will be recognized as refugees, Britain’s Refugee Council says. Its analysis, published Tuesday, is based on Home Office data.
According to UK Home Office data, in the first half of 2022, "more than half of all small boat modern slavery referrals came from Albania." The figures were published by the think tank Migration Watch on Friday.
After the UK’s High Court judged the policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda as lawful, NGOs quickly reacted. Some fear an acceleration of this trend on a European scale. Others want to focus their efforts on providing legal support to migrants facing deportation from the UK.
London's High Court will decide whether Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal. A planned deportation flight in June was blocked by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).