One-way ticket to Rwanda for some UK asylum seekers

[Chippy_Tea]

So,UK will pay the Rwandan government to "look after" them?

I haven't a clue Clint i am as much in the dark as the rest of us.

I do have a feeling many who go (if they actually do - post #14) will never come back and find it strange they said young men but no mention of women.

From post #10 -
"Rwanda will have the capacity to resettle tens of thousands of people in the years ahead," he said.

 

[Clint]

"Capacity"...doing what?
UK funds their existence...doing??
It don't make sense and sounds just like people trafficking...or slave trade.
"Tens of thousands "....sitting round all day...I don't think so somehow.

 

[moto748]

Hang on, "...he says in the video..."

So you're believing a word that comes out of Johnson's mouth? I wouldn't believe him if he said the sun sets in the West!

The narrative being spun here is that we are already being more than generous to these refugees. And they are mostly black too, and it's costing up a fortune. Which we can't afford. If you swallow that...

We wouldn't send Ukrainians to Rwanda, would we?

 

[moto748]

I do have a feeling many who go (if they actually do - post #14) will never come back and find it strange they said young men but no mention of women.

From post #10 -
"Rwanda will have the capacity to resettle tens of thousands of people in the years ahead," he said.

They are not supposed to come back (and would have no rights here). They are supposed to stay in Rwanda.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

We wouldn't send Ukrainians to Rwanda, would we?

No we wouldn't because that is not what this is about.


Boris Johnson said the £120m pilot scheme would "save countless lives".

The PM said it would break the business model of "vile people smugglers".

The pilot scheme would initially focus mainly on single men arriving on boats or lorries and would see them given a one-way ticket for the 4,000-mile trip to Rwanda where they would be processed and, if successful, would have long-term accommodation in the African country.

Home Secretary Priti Patel, who travelled to Rwandan capital Kigali to sign the deal, said the "vast majority" of those arriving in the UK "illegally" would be considered for relocation to Rwanda.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61110237

 

[YeastFace]

Great, £5,000,000 per day extra to the NHS then...

 

[YeastFace]

No we wouldn't because that is not what this is about.


Boris Johnson said the £120m pilot scheme would "save countless lives".

The PM said it would break the business model of "vile people smugglers".

The pilot scheme would initially focus mainly on single men arriving on boats or lorries and would see them given a one-way ticket for the 4,000-mile trip to Rwanda where they would be processed and, if successful, would have long-term accommodation in the African country.

Home Secretary Priti Patel, who travelled to Rwandan capital Kigali to sign the deal, said the "vast majority" of those arriving in the UK "illegally" would be considered for relocation to Rwanda.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61110237

The UK Government will become the people smugglers.

 

[Mattyde05]

We’ve got to do something more then we are , hopefully it puts people off from coming . Good idea in my book maybe I can get a doctors appointment sometime soon

 

[YeastFace]

We’ve got to do something more then we are , hopefully it puts people off from coming . Good idea in my book maybe I can get a doctors appointment sometime soon

That's probably more to do with the ideological decimation of the NHS.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

That's probably more to do with the ideological decimation of the NHS.

I think its more to do with the huge backlog caused by the pandemic!

 

[starseeker]

That's probably more to do with the ideological decimation of the NHS.

Are you saying that £1,600,000,000 is starving it of funds ?

 

[Scrattajack]

Pure deflection. Just to take attention away from the floppy-haired, tailor dodging national embarrassment and his party fines. The "idea" will die a death in a day or two. Just ammunition for the Tory bot army and right-wing press after the failure of their "we're at war" drivel.

 

[starseeker]

I never realised there were so many lefties on here ,for what ever the faults of this government ,the alternative was Corbin and his merry band of nutters ,just thinking where we would be now if they were in power makes me thankful that they are not .

 

[Scrattajack]

People who have spent most of their lives as moderates suddenly find themselves tagged as 'lefties' and 'commies' due to a nasty lurch to the right in our politics. It's because of a failure in 'ordinary' people to think for themselves and therefore allow themselves to be manipulated by bots on social media. If you think I'm wrong, how did it come about that the most dedicated people in our country; doctors, nurses, teachers, firefighters etc have been turned into hate figures?

You're being manipulated. Grow up, and please do it quickly.

 

[YeastFace]

I never realised there were so many lefties on here ,for what ever the faults of this government ,the alternative was Corbin and his merry band of nutters ,just thinking where we would be now if they were in power makes me thankful that they are not .

Ah, the regurgitation begins. The Government are literally taking the piss out of the vast majority of the population and not only do you swallow it, you defend it too

Back on topic, if you think "resettling" refugees/migrants (delete for your own view) 4,000odd miles away where their choices are: stay here; or go home - then you are an utter disgrace and I wish you the shittest luck in life.

Let's see of this "world-leading" deal still exists in 6 months time shall we?

A desperate distraction by a cabal of despicable wrong-uns trying to cling onto power.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

I never realised there were so many lefties on here ,for what ever the faults of this government ,the alternative was Corbin and his merry band of nutters ,just thinking where we would be now if they were in power makes me thankful that they are not .

I mean, I consider myself pretty centrist in my political views and was certainly no fan of Corbyn but i'm pretty sure they would have struggled to do worse than this lot.

 

[Scrattajack]

The 'Labour would be worse' mantra is wearing a bit thin. Give me 'Chaos with Milliband' any day. And while Corbyn was not my ideal prime minister, he'd still be head and shoulders above the self-serving, ignorant asset stripper we have at the moment.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Quick. Look at a distraction. Any distraction other than Partygate

 

[moto748]

It suits the Tories to bang on about Corbyn. But whatever you think of him, he is not the LOTO now, and is in the past. Neither him nor Starmer would be ideal PMs for me, but I am certain that neither would have swanned off to the Caribbean for a holiday rather than attending crucial COBRA meetings at the height of a pandemic, nor hidden in a fridge to avoid journalists. Or used 'fast track' dodges to divert taxpayers' money to their chums for supplying useless face-masks, etc. One thing all world leaders are agreed on, from Putin to Biden to Macron to Xi: they all rightly regard him as a fool and don't take him, or Britain, seriously.

 

[Dutto]

Any better ideas?

Aamcle

Starting with Boris, I can think of many candidates that I would sooner send to Rwanda; especially if they had to make it back to the UK without any form of transport apart from “Shanks Pony”!