He transfer of migrants to Rwanda in the United Kingdom It is already a reality, and a frightening one. The authorities have begun to detain asylum seekers to deport them to the African country. Handcuffed, as if they were criminals and put in a police van. This is the way they have been taken from their homes.

The controversial measure was approved a week ago by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Executive has already launched in the last few hours, as reported by the British Ministry of the Interior without specifying the number of arrests practiced at the moment. The department has also reported that A number of commercial aircraft have already been reserved to make charter flights as well as an airport, with the expectation that they will be chartered in the coming weeks.

He Labor Party has criticized to the Government for making this announcement on the eve of the partial municipal elections to be held this Thursday in England, in which everything indicates that the Conservatives face a defeat. “This is a tiny program with an exorbitant cost and the criminal (people trafficking) gangs will catch on to this scam,” said one of the Labor spokespersons.

For his part, the Minister of the Interior, James Cleverly, has assured that the pact with Kigali to welcome asylum seekers who arrive in British territory through irregular routes “It is a pioneering response to the global challenge of illegal immigration”. “Our dedicated teams are working at a good pace to quickly detain those who have no right to be here so that flights can take off,” he said in defense of this controversial immigration plan.