The British parliament has finally passed the migrant deportation bill after long discussions. The deportation may occur from the very next month said the British prime minister. The commercial jest has also been charted to process the deportation process within the next 10 to 12 weeks, he further added.
The bill got successful session approval on 22 April. Deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda caused great conflict between the upper and lower houses of the parliament. The “House of Lords” asked for many amendments to the bill and “The House of Commons” even rejected those to be amended. Finally, the bill has been passed and now the government can take over the rest of the process.
The idea of deporting the asylum seekers and illegal migrants to the East African country Rwanda was first presented by the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022, which could not be implemented to the the presence of the international asylum protection laws.
According to the reports, the plan of sending the asylum seekers to Rwanda could cost £540 million for only 300 people. The government wants to stop the illegal entrance of the migrants through English channel. No one knows if these efforts will benefit the process or not as 120,000 people have so far crossed the English channel since 2018.
Court vs. the government
This bill’s approval is a big win for the government of the UK. On the other hand, the British courts have already issued a ruling against such acts claiming it against the internationally recognized rights of the asylum seekers. Now these rulings have no importance as the parliament has approved the bill, so the latter is most important in terms of implementation of the plans as executive authority.
Paying migrants 3,000 GBP to leave the UK
As reported last month, 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.