Curtaintwitcher
This government has wasted so much time and money on this plan, which was never a good idea in the first place.
Just shut the door to migrants, don't accept any more applications for asylum. That is all they need to do.
Send them back to France and let the French deal with the problem.
I agree with you. Rwanda was a non-starter from the beginning but the Government ploughed on wasting over £105m on a scheme which hasn't sent one migrant to Africa. Let's see if we get the mentioned refund from the Rwandan Government. However, we must tackle this migrant crisis. Anyone trying to enter the country by illegal means must be sent back across the Channel. Those migrants claim to be fleeing persecution and war in their own country but they traipse across half of Europe to get to us. They know what a soft touch we are and as the recent news about the acid attack perpetrator has shown us, a refusal of asylum does not mean deportation. It means keep trying until you claim to be gay or a dozy vicar supports your claim for finding Christianity. Praise the Lord! Asylum seekers coming through legal channels need a fast and robust system in place to deal with them so let's get the civil servants back to work instead of so many still working from home hiding behind Covid as an excuse. More staff might mean a faster system to deal with it all. The bottom line is we need to do something and fast.
