Status: 16.01.2024, 15:31 PM
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his government have come under criticism. © James Manning/PA Wire/dpa
The plan to send irregular migrants to Rwanda without examining their asylum applications and regardless of their origin has repeatedly been criticised. The British government is trying to appease.
London - In the dispute over tightening of the new British asylum law, the Conservative government wants to avert criticism from its own ranks with promises of tough action. Justice Minister Alex Chalk announced that judges will be seconded to hearings on deportation proceedings in order to resolve cases more quickly.
In addition, 25 courtrooms are to be used for these proceedings alone and more than 100 new employees are to be hired. The bill ensures that the threshold for successful appeals against deportation is extremely high, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman said.
What does the law want?
The law stipulates that irregular migrants will be sent to Rwanda without examining their asylum application and regardless of their origin. They are supposed to apply for asylum there, but there are no plans to return to the UK. The East African country, which critics accuse of human rights violations, is to be declared a safe third country by law and further judicial review is to be ruled out as far as possible.
The new asylum law was due to be discussed again today in Parliament in London. For representatives of the Tory right wing, the plans do not go far enough. You have tabled several amendments. In doing so, they also want to ensure that appeals against deportations to international courts should no longer be possible.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson threw his weight behind the Tory rebels, who reportedly include about 60 MPs. Sunak has a majority of 58 votes in the House of Commons. The third reading is scheduled for this Wednesday evening.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR criticised the government's plans as incompatible with Britain's international obligations on the right to asylum. Downing Street rejected the allegations. Dpa