Refugeepolicy

The Rwanda deal made by the Mr Johnson’ s government is an abomination of a policy.

The Scottish Refugee Council said the policy was a “very clear breach of international law”, with the government choosing to model its asylum policy on Australia’s, a failed system, costing billions, mired by well documented serious human rights abuses. It seems Mr Johnson will do anything to distract from partygate.

When there is a cost of living crisis, vulnerable people seeking asylum will be off-loaded into Rwanda at vast cost, by the UK to likely detention centres.

The UN refugee agency has slated the move to “shift responsibility” for claims of refugee status. Trafficking will likely be given a boost as people try to flee an unsafe situation again as happened when Israel tried this. By the way, nobody from Ukraine will be rendered to Rwanda as the Conservatives protect white refugees.

Even the horrendous Nationality and Border Bill in process, and also mired in illegality would go against the Johnson-patel plan. The Borders Bill defines a safe country but Rwanda is a place that people run from and the criteria do not apply there.

Then Priti Patel was found in a recent judgement, to have misled parliament over the Bill and must rethink large sections before it returns to the

Lords The judgement allows those who wish to claim asylum in the UK to do so.

Scotland needs to move away from the criminal, racist and cruel government at westminster and gain independence to run in accordance with the rule of law and international conventions signed, such as the Geneva Convention.

POL YATES

Edinburgh