The new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has affirmed that his newly formed government will not pursue the policy of his predecessor with respect to deporting asylum seekers, arriving in the country on small boats, to Rwanda, which terminates this plan even before any flights take off. "The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started," Starmer said in his first news conference. He added: "It's never acted as a deterrent. Almost the opposite.". The government of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has encountered several judicial, parliamentary, and procedural obstacles in implementing the agreement, while the daily flow of illegal immigrants through the Channel continues. with the Labour Party promising before winning the elections to abandon the policy of deporting immigrants to Rwanda. In November 2023, the UK government signed a new agreement with the government of Rwanda to send back asylum seekers and deported immigrants to Rwanda. The new pact includes guarantees that asylum seekers sent fro m Britain will not be deported to another country where their lives or freedoms are threatened. It also involves the establishment of a new appeals body composed of experienced judges in asylum cases from several countries to review individual asylum cases. Source: Qatar News Agency
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