I have blogged about Britain's Rwanda plans before. Go here. The government still have not sent a single asylum seeker or a single economic migrant there in spite of spending millions on the ludicrous and pointless scheme. However, it appears that we have successfully processed six asylum seekers from Rwanda! You cannot make this stuff up.
Boggles the mind.
ReplyDeleteThey have permanently boggled me.
DeleteOne does wonder into whose pockets all those millions of dollars actually went.
ReplyDeleteThough our justice system is very stretched, the government are thinking of sending 150 barristers to Rwanda to deal with potential asylum claims. The barristers will not be living in tents and eating fried bananas and rice.
DeleteIt was on our main news last night. Beggars belief, this.
ReplyDeleteIf the plan is to deter migrants from crossing The English Channel, it simply will not work. Sunak keeps banging on about stopping "the small boats".
DeleteHow many bottles of Gullibility can I buy in Duty Free?
ReplyDelete"Gullibility" boggles the mind as Pixie said at the top. Boris Johnson used to drink a crate of it each week.
DeleteIt's the new Rwandan policy to cut their immigration: forcibly send them to Sheffield.
ReplyDeleteInteresting notion and one could arrive in Rwanda aboard one of these damnable "small boats" by paddling across Lake Kivu from The Democratic Republic of Congo.
DeleteIt's the craziest scheme ever. I don't think these flights will ever happen.
ReplyDeleteIf Labour get in, I hope that one of the first things they do is to cancel this madness.
DeleteSomeplace in the world, many places in the world, are facing shrinking population, if only they would welcome those seeking a better life with open arms.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that most of our migrant arrivals already have links with people and places in Britain - those who came before. Not many people arrive with absolutely no connections.
DeleteThis does sound particularly insane, even for government.
ReplyDeleteIt simply cannot work. The idea is that by settling a few hundred in Rwanda, others will be dissuaded from trying to get into Britain aboard small inflatable boats.
DeleteMy daughter in law has been in Rwanda visiting her family for the last 4 weeks. She and my youngest son plan to retire there when their boys have grown. I enjoyed my visit there when I went for their wedding and saw many beautiful sights and had lots of delicious local food. Property and houses are much cheaper there than in the US.
ReplyDeletePlease don't get me wrong Ellen, I have nothing against Rwanda per se. It's my own government that disgusts me - putting about the notion that transporting a plane load of unwelcome migrants to Rwanda will somehow make others think again about coming to Britain.
DeleteWell, if the migrants don't go, perhaps they'll send some homeless Brits instead? They've spent more than enough to build homes for most of those on the housing list who are currently living en- famille in one room at some 2 star hotel or a hostel.
ReplyDeleteThe whole project is ridiculous.
Sending 150 barristers to live and work in Rwanda in order to deal with appeals etc. would be the icing on a rotten cake. As you say - ridiculous.
DeletePM Sunak is still trying. Very, very trying.
ReplyDeleteIn this matter, all that he is thinking about is his political survival.
DeletePure madness. Surely someone one day will say "enough is enough".
ReplyDeleteIt is likely that the next General Election will happen without a single migrant having been flown to Rwanda.
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