The Leader podcast: Rwanda migration plans “Human rights calamity”

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Rachelle Abbott14 April 2022
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The UK government’s plans to send refugees to Rwanda have been described as a ‘human rights calamity’ by Amnesty International.

Boris Johnson set out the plan to send some of the migrants who cross the channel into the UK, more than 4,000 miles away to the African continent.

He claimed Rwanda was one of the ‘safest countries in the world’, and said the plans would save the UK money.

It’s been met with a huge backlash from opposition MPs, public figures, and human rights organisations.

Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director shares his reaction to the plan, explains why it won’t solve the UK’s immigration problems, and discusses his hopes that the government will be pressured into a u-turn.

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