AN ATTEMPT TO USE RWANDA AS AN ASYLUM BASE BY BRITAIN IN JUNE 2022: PROS AND CONS

Abstract

Britain through Brexit quitted the EU (European Union) in 2020. In April 2021 a bill was introduced in the House of Commons and in April 2022 the bill became law. This law made it impossible for asylum seekers going through irregular routes to UK (United Kingdom), not to be granted asylum but to be moved to a third safe country possibly Rwanda. A lot of negatives linked to Rwanda have been pointed out against the policy of not granting asylum to people in UK. However, this study has been able to bring out some positives associated with Rwanda, noting that despite these positives Rwanda should not be a place to send asylum seekers. The positives and negatives associated with the asylum transfer policy are highlighted here, with a preamble to the UK-Rwanda asylum partnership. The major sources of data are gleaned from the internet. Findings reveal that the acceptance by Rwanda to house asylum seekers forcefully ejected from UK by the UK government was to prove to the world that she was a safe country, which was untrue. She had poor human rights records. This study recommends that Britain as a bastion of democracy should lead by example instead of abdicating her responsibility to another country.