The UK is planning to offer 3,000 Pounds to migrants to move to Rwanda voluntarily. The government of the UK is working on a scheme that will work voluntarily reports The Times. The beneficiaries of this scheme will be the rejected asylum seekers who cannot return to their country of origin.
Business minister Kevin Hollinrake said payments for those agreeing to relocate to Rwanda would amount to a “good use of public money”. “It costs a lot more money than that to keep people in this country who are out here without merit,” he told Times Radio.
“It is about saying to people ‘If you come here, you can’t stay here if you come here illegally. That is the point. So I don’t think anybody would try and come here just to get £3,000 to go to Rwanda,” he added.
This scheme is voluntary and no one would be bound to accept the scheme. This will also not require the attestation from the parliament.
The UK also helped 19,253 people to voluntary leave the UK and from these, 3,319 received a “reintegration package”
The UK government is already working on a scheme that is to send migrants to Rwanda straight away when they enter the UK illegally. The UK courts are already raising concerns about safety in Rwanda. On the other hand, the government is trying to pass the “Rwanda Safety Bill” to start implementing its new rules.
Benefits of moving to Rwanda
Unlikely in the UK, the migrants accepting the scheme, will also be able to work in Rwanda after relocating. They will also get other support upon arrival in Rwanda. This new scheme can also be used by people who have no right to stay in the UK and even criminals can opt for it.
Opposition to the Scheme
The opposition and many others have continuously been criticizing the UK-Rwanda deal of the migrant transfer. The current scheme has raised doubts again.
“Ministers should now explain what this new idea means for the scheme as it was originally conceived, and they should also make clear how many people they expect to send (to Rwanda) on this basis, and what the cost will be,” said the opposition immigration spokesperson, Stephen Kinnock.
He added that the proposal seemed to be an attempt by the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, to find a way out of the Rwanda deportation policy, which he called “hare-brained.”