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Hopefully that’s the end of the Rwanda policy for good then. I’m a bit surprised he didn’t try to ram it through before calling the election, he seemed to be staking so much on it.
But now they can use it a campaign point for ”stopping the boats” instead - safe in the knowledge they’ll now not have to see it through to the end.
Hopefully its ignoble failure will dissuade other countries from trying similar schemes. I'm pretty tired of the UK being the testing ground for terrible ideas.
Get out and vote on July 4th, then. Don't be complacent, don't let the Tory's back in.
That's the plan! 😀
To be fair it was Australia that pioneered this particular idea. Then Israel copied them. I think we're the third country to try a scheme like this.
Worked for Australia tbf
Yeah, their scheme was/is harsher than the Rwanda one, too. I think there are still people being held somewhere in Papa New Guniea who arrived by boat in Australia over a decade ago.
rip
I mean you could argue we (Brits) did it first by shipping people off to Australia as a deterrent.