Government policies can affect how many people arrive, what rights and protections they have in the UK, and what happens to those who arrive without permission.
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The Rwanda plan was meant to stop the boats – but all the evidence shows deterrence doesn’t work
Each year the UK incarcerates thousands of asylum seekers in prison-like immigration detention centres.
UN human rights experts have warned that airlines transporting people to Rwanda could be complicit in human rights abuses.
Like asking us to believe that 2+2=5, the bill requires decision makers to ignore documented fact and give legal priority to a fiction.
Leaving the ECHR would not free the UK of the obligation not to send people to a place of harm.
Despite the relentless hardships and suffering, one thing appeared to unite the refugees I met: they wanted to seek sanctuary in the UK, no matter what.
The debate over the Rwanda plan has focused on the safety of Rwanda, not on the policy’s racist undertones.
The UK government must decide if it wants to risk undermining the robust system of human rights protections.
Principais colaboradores
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Lecturer, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield
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Head of Research, Senior Researcher, UK in a Changing Europe, King's College London
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Assistant Professor in Law, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor in Global Challenges, Brunel University London
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Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
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Departmental Lecturer in Political Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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Researcher, Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
