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Sending U.K. refugees to Rawanda

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Curlywhirly Thu 14-Apr-22 07:34:02

Simon Hart MP on Sky news has just discussed this with Kate Burley. It appears that only men will be transported to Rwanda. So the women and children will still be vulnerable to being transported ( and God knows what else) by the traffickers. It seems that people are not just going to Rwanda for processing, but to live in Rwanda full stop. Rwanda has in the recent past been guilty of human rights atrocities. I despair.

Grandmabatty Thu 14-Apr-22 07:20:26

Regardless of the terminology used, it still doesn't make it right.

Calendargirl Thu 14-Apr-22 07:05:23

Just going by what I read on the BBC News site Esspee

It was talking about single men arriving on Channel crossings.

‘Refugees’ implies women, children, families.

Esspee Thu 14-Apr-22 06:45:37

The Refugee Council have criticised the policy which is where I took my thread title from Calendargirl.

Calendargirl Thu 14-Apr-22 06:36:40

The term used was ‘asylum seekers’, not ‘refugees.

Esspee Thu 14-Apr-22 06:34:41

Can you imagine what the world must be thinking of our country right now?

MayBee70 Thu 14-Apr-22 01:34:52

They’re going there to be processed . Now, let me think….what does that remind me of hmm. What on earth has my country turned into..
sad

Esspee Thu 14-Apr-22 00:32:49

Is this Boris’s latest attempt to divert us all from dwelling on the fact that he repeatedly lied to parliament?