The decision of the European Court of Human Rights to block the deportation to Rwanda of asylum seekers arriving in the United Kingdom is "
absolutely scandalous
" and was taken in an "
opaque
" way, hammered the minister on Saturday British Interior Minister Priti Patel.
Tuesday evening, a plane specially chartered for hundreds of thousands of euros was ready to take off from an English military base, when the ECHR, the jurisdiction of the Council of Europe ensuring compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights , expressed his opposition, inflicting a setback on the government.
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“
You have to look at the reasons
” for this decision, Ms Patel told The Telegraph newspaper on Saturday.
“
How and why did they make this decision?
Was it politically motivated?
I think so, absolutely.
»
"
The opaque way in which this tribunal has operated is absolutely outrageous
," she said.
“
We don't know who the judges are, we don't know the panel (of judges), we haven't received a judgment
,” she added.
The Court based in Strasbourg (eastern France) considered that British justice should examine in detail the legality of the device, which is planned for July, before deporting migrants.
By wanting to offload its responsibility for receiving asylum seekers and sending them more than 6,000 kilometers from London, the British government claims to curb illegal crossings of the Channel, which are constantly increasing despite repeated promises to controlling immigration since Brexit.