On Thursday, King Charles III signed off on a British government plan to allow asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda.
This process produced a long and tumultuous parliamentary debate in which the 'conservatives' asserted their majority in the General Assembly to make changes on key issues.
This Monday, a man left the United Kingdom and agreed to be deported to Rwanda after his asylum application was rejected late last year, according to multiple British media reports.
The media reported that he was traveling on a commercial flight from the African continent.
The asylum seeker has agreed to be extradited to Rwanda in return for a payment of up to 3,000 pounds (3,500 euros at current exchange rates), government sources cited by the Times revealed.
The Interior Ministry, contacted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), did not confirm the information.
“We can now send asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of our partnership on immigration and economic development,” a government spokesperson highlighted.
“The deal allows people without UK immigration status to move to a safe third country where they can be helped to rebuild their lives,” the source added.
The British government said today it hopes to deport a group of 5,700 already identified asylum seekers to Rwanda “by the end of the year”, following controversial legislation aimed at discouraging illegal crossings of the English Channel.
The asylum seekers were selected from more than 57,000 people who entered the UK illegally through the English Channel between January 2022 and the end of June 2023, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
The start of the move coincides with local authority elections on Thursday, weeks ahead of schedule, in which the 'conservatives' risk losing half of the seats they currently hold.
The British High Court has already rejected an earlier plan to carry out these transfers.
The case will probably reach the European Court of Human Rights, which in June 2022 blocked the first deportation of 'extremists' to Rwanda.
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