• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Channel Migrants Set To Be Sent 6,000 Miles Away To Rwanda For Processing

Home> News

Published 03:56 14 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Channel Migrants Set To Be Sent 6,000 Miles Away To Rwanda For Processing

Home Secretary of the UK Priti Patel flew to Africa to finalise the ‘migration and economic development partnership’ agreement.

Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis

Asylum seekers arriving in the UK via the English Channel will be sent 6,000 miles away to Rwanda for government processing.

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel flew to Africa to finalise the ‘migration and economic development partnership’ agreement in the hope it will halt Channel crossing for refugees. 

According to Sky News, charities have slammed the deal as ‘cruel and nasty’ because it will only ensure ‘more human suffering and chaos’ while costing £1.4 billion.

Advert

Julie Edwards/Alamy

The new initiative comes as the UK Prime Minister warns that the number of refugees crossing the Channel is escalating.

Boris Johnson is expected to announce the deal later today (April 14) and he's expected to say there could be up to 1,000 asylum seekers making the treacherous journey every day in the next few weeks.

"I accept that these people - whether 600 or 1,000 - are in search of a better life, the opportunities that the United Kingdom provides and the hope of a fresh start," he will say, according to The Telegraph.

"But it is these hopes - these dreams - that have been exploited. 

Advert

“These vile people smugglers are abusing the vulnerable and turning the Channel into a watery graveyard, with men, women and children drowning in unseaworthy boats and suffocating in refrigerated lorries."

Barbara Cook/Alamy

Mr Johnson is also expected to say how a majority of Britain voted for Brexit under the guise it would make the UK tougher on immigration.

"Our compassion may be infinite, but our capacity to help people is not," he will say.

No. 10 also issued a statement that read: “The home secretary will set out further details on a world-first migration and economic development partnership signed by the home secretary, Priti Patel, with Rwanda – one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa which is recognised globally for its record on welcoming and integrating migrants.”

Advert

According to the Guardian, asylum seekers flown to Rwanda for processing will be encouraged to remain there to start a new life.

The new agreement has been criticised by the shadow residence secretary Yvette Cooper, who noted the scheme was not productive in finding a safe home for migrants, while also intensifying the ‘cost of living’ for many in the UK.

“It is an unworkable, unethical and extortionate policy that would cost the UK taxpayer billions of pounds during a cost of living crisis and would make it harder not easier to get fast and fair asylum decisions,” she said.

This comes in the wake of the British government copping serious criticism for their slow visa process for Ukrainians fleeing the war-torn country; with their efforts labelled as ‘woeful’.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: UK News, News, Boris Johnson, Politics

Charisa Bossinakis
Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis is an Associative Journalist at LADbible. Charisa has worked across various media platforms including, print, digital, radio and podcasting while maintaining the highest regard for quality work and integrity. She also covered everything from breaking news, to pop culture, entertainment and politics and is part of the editorial team for LADbible.

X

@CBossinakis

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

8 hours ago
9 hours ago
  • 8 hours ago

    There's a worrying reason behind why some people enjoy watching true crime to relax, psychologist warns

    Having a slight obsession with true crime titles could be a sign of some mental health obstacles

    News
  • 8 hours ago

    Meaning behind why people sometimes get small white spots across their bodies

    They can sometimes have serious complications...

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Moment of death was recorded for first ever time and reveals what our final thoughts could be

    Thinking about what happens when we die is enough to keep most people awake at night

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Campaigners issue fresh warning over two orcas ‘at risk of death’ after being kept in abandoned theme park

    One of the orcas has spent nearly a quarter of a century in captivity

    News
  • 'Disrespectful' funeral method controversially set to come to UK despite currently being banned
  • British teenager missing for four days in Thailand arrested in country almost 4,000 miles away
  • Pornhub blocks 68,000,000 people as UK set for new adult content laws next month
  • Man woken up in shock during middle of the night to find car being driven 1,000 miles away