Just 10 months before the agreement was signed the UK raised concerns about Rwanda's failure to investigate human rights violations including deaths in custody and torture
More than 160 other British organisations have condemned the plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda.Over 160 charities and campaign groups have called on the Government to scrap "shamefully cruel" plans to send asylum seekers who cross the English Channel in small boats to Rwanda.Boris Johnson has insisted his scheme to detain and fly migrants more than 4,000 miles to East Africa at the expense of the taxpayer is not "draconian and lacking in compassion".
In a statement in July 2021, made by the UK’s international ambassador for human rights Rita French, she expressed "regret" that Rwanda was not conducting "transparent, credible and independent investigations into allegations of human rights violations including deaths in custody and torture". "This is a shamefully cruel way to treat people who have come to the UK to seek protection, fleeing persecution or conflict."
"It is ludicrous that such vast sums are being spent on this plan at the same time the Government has refused to help people hit by the cost-of-living crisis." The letter added: "Ultimately, these plans are fundamentally out of step with public attitudes towards refugees.
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