I agree that they could change the facts by actually making Rwanda safe as a place where asylum applicants sent from the UK are not at risk of refoulement. Maybe they will and, if they do, the ECHR i… (View Post)

The specific risk the courts have said applies to asylum applicants sent to Rwanda is of refoulement - that is return to an unsafe country of origin where they face persecution. Citizens of Rwanda, b… (View Post)

Governments can restrict human rights, certainly. Quite a lot do around the world, and in many cases far more radically than even Lee Anderson would in his moistest dreams. On the more positive side,… (View Post)

Indeed. The whole ECHR angle is a total red herring here, in my view (a dog whistle to the Brexit-mindset). The fact is the courts found (as a point of fact) a real risk of claims being wrongly deter… (View Post)

I agree with that, yes. But again it is totally unrelated to ECHR matters and that is a red herring being thrown out there. Sunak himself correctly says sending asylum applicants for processing in a … (View Post)