Anyone who enters the UK illegally should be “repatriated”

“sAnyone who enters the UK illegally from a safe country must immediately be returned to their country of origin or transferred to Rwanda, where their asylum application will be examined,” stressed the ultra-conservative minister Suila Braverman, who praised her at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. , in central England.

London has made immigration a priority since Brexit and says it wants to reduce the number of migrants the country takes in.

Soyla Braverman emphasized that there are “many asylum seekers abusing the system” and not meeting the “needs of the economy”.

More than 33,500 people have crossed the dangerous English Channel since the start of the year, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

That number has been rising steadily since 2018, despite promises from successive conservative governments.

The measures announced by Braverman were denounced en masse by organizations defending the rights of immigrants, who believe they are a distraction, at a time when the British, the majority in favor of welcoming immigrants according to opinion polls, are concerned first and foremost with the cost. from the crisis of living.

Claire Mosley, founder of Care4Calais, criticized the project as “barbaric, misleading and unnecessary” and decried “false” government rhetoric on the issue.

The Refugee Council asserted that the declarations contravene the United Nations Refugee Convention, which states that a migrant in his asylum application cannot be penalized for the manner in which he entered the country in which he is applying.

As part of its fight against immigration, the government announced in the spring that it would deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

This policy has so far been blocked by the European Court of Human Rights, a decision Suila Braverman regretted, calling on the UK to “retake control” in the face of a “foreign court threatening the sovereignty” of the British.

In 2021, a total of 28,500 migrants arrived in the UK via the English Channel, a number that exceeded all values ​​since the crossing began in 2018, with the closure of the French port of Calais and the Channel Tunnel.

According to a recent British Parliament report, this year it is estimated that 60,000 people will reach the UK via this route, despite repeated pledges by the British Conservative government since Brexit to financially support France to help bolster its vigilance. reception of immigrants.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), since 2014, at least 203 people have died or disappeared, at sea or on land, trying to reach the UK via the coast of France, and at the end of 2021, 27 people have drowned.

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