UK approves plan to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Kingdom’s Parliament has approved the plan to deport illegal migrants, including Afghans, to Rwanda, media reports said on Tuesday.

Express Tribune reported  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.

The government plans to deport to Rwanda some of those who enter the United Kingdom illegally as a deterrent to migrants who risk their lives in leaky, inflatable boats in hopes that they will be able to claim asylum once they reach Britain.

Despite Parliament’s approval of the legislation, further court challenges may still delay the deportation flights, said Tim Bale, a politics professor at Queen Mary University of London.

“I don’t think it is necessarily home and dry,” he said. “We will see some attempts to block deportations legally.”

Meanwhile, the Guardian reported that the British Prime Minister was under pressure from the two conservative parties and the opposition, so as not to approve the illegal immigration.

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