The United Kingdom could send 52,000 people to Rwanda starting in July, which is half of the asylum seekers currently in the country. To save the suspension of these deportations by the judges, Parliament has approved that Rwanda is a safe countryHowever, this is not the case, according to several experts told laSexta Noticias. According to this law, deportees will not be able to set foot on British soil again, when it is estimated that in 2022 alone 46,000 people arrived in the country through the English Channel; in 2023, 34,000; and in the three months of 2024, more than 6,000.

And five people have died this week in a new tragedy in the English Channel, a few hours after the British Parliament gave final approval to its migration pact with Rwanda. A pact that Rishi Sunak’s Government has defended, arguing that the African nation is a safe country. However, experts warn of this law and assure that Rwanda does not respect human rights. Carlos de las Heras, Amnesty International’s Head of Technology and Human Rights for Europe and the Middle East, explains that “This security law is undoubtedly a blow to human rights in the United Kingdom”.

The objective of this pact is that any asylum seeker who has entered the United Kingdom irregularly can be deported to Rwanda. And there, according to the British Government, it will be protected. “The paper does not claim that Rwanda is a safe country. It has a terrible record of human rights violations,” explains De las Heras. For his part, Karlos Castilla, professor of Human Rights at the University of Pompeu Fabra, assures that “the United Kingdom has shielded it by giving it the category of safe country“, but the reality is that in the country there are “serious threats to freedom of expression, the right to protest…”.

“Rwanda does not have a human rights protection situation,” adds Castilla. While this law, on which Sunak’s political survival largely depends, sends, humanitarian organizations say, a message very dangerous. “The United Kingdom would be sending a message to the world that The United Nations refugee convention can be breached without consequences,” the teacher picks up.

“It sets a dangerous precedent that other countries could follow,” warns the head of AI in Europe and the Middle East. And he adds that European Union countries usually respond to migration crises “with fear, fences, closed borders for those who try to arrive.” And the UN rapporteurs have already warned of the danger of this pact, as has the Council of Europe. Even so, there are few possible paths left, experts admit, to stop a new step against those who They are just looking for a better life.