Keith Houchen Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Didn’t everyone from Rwanda who was seeking asylum in this country have it granted? I wonder if those liking this policy saw the bit in the small print about how we will be taking some of their asylum seekers in return.  Guarantee you there won’t be any Ukrainian applicants being sent there, not qwhite sure why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (Don't call him) Boris pure Garthing the fuck out of it... Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members stumobir Posted June 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 57 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Didn’t everyone from Rwanda who was seeking asylum in this country have it granted? I wonder if those liking this policy saw the bit in the small print about how we will be taking some of their asylum seekers in return.  Guarantee you there won’t be any Ukrainian applicants being sent there, not qwhite sure why. And our own Government appointed Ambassador for Human Rights criticised Rwanda’s violation of HR for those in custody, up to and including torture and death. But don’t worry, the asylum seekers we’re sending are probably going all-inclusive if the Daily Heil is anything to go by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 https://inews.co.uk/news/world/rwanda-deportations-asylum-seekers-kizito-mihigo-murder-uk-government-concerns-1684116  Quote  Rwanda deportations planned despite UK government’s own concerns about political murder Kizito Mihigo, a famous Rwandan gospel singer, was found dead in his cell soon after being arrested in 2020 The UK Government is going ahead with its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda despite its concerns about political murder in the central African nation being ignored. Kizito Mihigo, 38, a famous Rwandan gospel singer, reconciliation activist and government opponent, was found dead in his cell days after being arrested in 2020. His death prompted the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to write – in a letter to a Rwandan exile seen by i – of its “expectation for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation by the Rwandan authorities”. However, there has been no further investigation into the death. Despite this, the UK Government continued to negotiate the Rwanda asylum deal. The deal will cost the UK £120 million, with most of the money being handed to the government of President Paul Kagame to support the delivery of asylum operations, accommodation and integration. Etienne Mutabazi, a Rwandan exile living in Johannesburg, described Mihigo’s death as an “assassination”. Mr Mutabazi, legal affairs officer of the Rwanda National Congress – a party formed in exile to oppose the Kagame regime – alleged that the senior leadership of the Rwandan police carried out the killing, hence the government was refusing to allow any independent investigation into the death. Groups including Human Rights Watch (HRW) have called for an independent and transparent investigation into Mihigo’s death. In an open letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel,sent this week, HRW expressed its concerns with the UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership Arrangement. It said that not only had Rwandan authorities failed to conduct a credible investigation into Mihigo’s death, in this and other similar cases they had obstructed justice by targeting victims and witnesses. The HRW letter states that it had monitored several trials where defendants said they were tortured into signing confessions after their arrest. The Rwandan government refuses to “conduct effective investigations into allegations of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, deaths in custody, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment, or to prosecute alleged perpetrators” It adds: “In March 2022, we reported on the ongoing persecution of journalists and social media commentators, including the disappearance, arrests, or threats against several high-profile critics, opposition members and commentators using social media or YouTube to express themselves.” Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at HRWQ, said: “Kizito Mihigo’s death in custody and the authorities’ failure to deliver to justice for it marked a turning point for many Rwandans. “Many of the YouTubers who are currently in jail today were inspired by Kizito’s bravery. They continue to denounce their brutal treatment from prison, despite the fear of retaliation by prison authorities. “The UK and the Commonwealth should urgently request access to visit them and press for their release.” Mihigo was a hugely popular performer who had sung in front of the President and been awarded a prize by First Lady Jeannette Kagame for establishing a foundation to promote peace and reconciliation. However, in 2014 he released a song, “The Meaning of Death”, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide. The lyrics mention those “slaughtered in revenge killings” and were deemed to challenge the official version of the genocide by acknowledging that the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), the ruling political party led by Mr Kagame, also committed brutal crimes. Mihigo was arrested on charges of plotting terrorist attacks. His music was banned and the following year he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trying to overthrow the government. He was pardoned by Mr Kagame in 2018 but his movements were restricted and he had to report regularly to the police. He was arrested again in February 2020, over allegations that he had tried to flee to Burundi. He was found dead in his cell within days, with the Rwandan authorities saying he had hanged himself.  Shortly before his death, he had told HRW that “he was being threatened to provide false testimony against political opponents” and that he wanted to flee the country. The UK Home Office said: “Rwanda is a fundamentally safe and secure country with a track record of supporting asylum seekers and we are confident the agreement is fully compliant with all national and international law.”   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted June 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 As a rare example of him doing something useful, apparently Richard Madeley caught out Liz Truss today, when she described Rwanda as a beautiful place, while also describing the scheme as a deterrent - asking how being sent to such a beautiful place can be a deterrent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MungoChutney Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) This might be the worst thing I've seen from a Tory in a long time, which is very high bar. https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1536371693794611202?t=YZu9Pe75rk5I42YDDnFtew&s=19     Edited June 14, 2022 by MungoChutney Tweet not embedding for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted June 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 Peter Bone being Peter Bone As per post above. But liked this reply  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted June 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 DPW but an important update ha ha ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted June 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 Patel has already doubled down on making this a reality. She's probably training for a pilots licence to fly the plane herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted June 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 18 minutes ago, johnnyboy said: Cunts will just use it to justify going after the ECHR even harder now. Â And was probably the original strategy all along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 It needs to be stated to anyone uttering the phrase but it wasn’t “Lefty lawyers” who stopped this, it was the law that stopped this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Wasn’t it the fifth anniversary of Grenfell today too? Absolutely no shame in anything they try and do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Hannibal Scorch said: And was probably the original strategy all along Precisely. There's a bigger strategy at play here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted June 15, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 15, 2022 With the cancellation of the flight. Will Rwanda still be paid? Are there penalties within the contract? China's influence in East Africa shouldn't be ignored. The Chinese have been investing in that part of the world for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted June 15, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 15, 2022 I don't buy into the idea that it was all a strategy to go after "lefty lawyers" and the ECHR, just that the government are fucking awful and that either eventuality works out for them - either they manage to fly people to Rwanda as planned, or they have some culture war bullshit to play off. But the point where we could assume that the current government were involved in any kind of Machiavellian plotting has surely long passed, they're just winging it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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