Former peer Alf Dumpes, a refugee and Labor member, said ministers would face opposition from the Lords over a plan presented by Home Secretary Priti Patel and Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week. In an interview with The Guardian, Lord Dumpes said the government was trying to “ignore” international agreements. He said: “I think it’s a way to get rid of people the government does not want, to throw them in a distant African country and they will have no chance of leaving again. “I think it is a violation of the 1951 Geneva Conventions for Refugees. “You can not just dismiss them as unwanted people.” Lord Alf Dubs Condemns Priti Patel Design (Julien Behal / Maxwells / PA) (PA Media) It comes as it was reported that Ms. Patel took the rare step of issuing a ministerial mandate to address public officials’ concerns about whether the idea would provide value for money. As part of a plan to restrict migrants crossing the Channel in small boats, those believed to have entered Britain illegally through January 1 could be sent to Rwanda where they will be allowed to apply for asylum in the African country. According to the Daily Telegraph, the alleged use of the ministerial mandate by the Minister of Interior was only the second development of power within the Ministry of Interior in the last 30 years. The Interior Ministry declined to comment. The plan comes amid concerns about an increase in migrant crossings in the UK (PA Wire) Speaking to the Times on Saturday, Shadow Prison Minister Eli Reeves said: “The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has strongly condemned the government’s proposals, as have many other organizations, and “It seems that the government civil servants themselves have expressed huge reservations about the plans, which seem to be completely misplaced.” The Labor politician said: “The government is going to pay 120 120 million in advance before asylum seekers are sent to Rwanda. “Asylum seekers say it will not stop them from crossing the English Channel. “We are in the middle of a cost of living crisis, so it does not seem like the right way to spend money on an immoral and unworkable plan that will not prevent people from coming.” He later added: “The whole system needs to look at it again, so instead of making sweeping statements – these announcements that are completely inapplicable and incredibly costly – what the government really needs to do is manipulate the system and put in place a system. it really works, increases persecution and fights criminal gangs. “ However, Ms Patel said Denmark could be among those who would replicate the UK government’s “plan”. Ms Patel and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda, Vincent Biruta (PA Wire) “There is no doubt now that the model we have presented, I am convinced it is world class and world first, and will be used as a design in the future, there is no doubt about that,” said Patel. “I will not be surprised if other countries start coming directly to us after that as well.” The interior minister said Copenhagen was also in talks with Rwanda, adding that the Council of Europe “has also basically stated that it is interested in working with us”. The Interior Ministry denied that his approach was a violation of the refugee agreements. But Lord Dumps, who came to the United Kingdom from then-Czechoslovakia on one of the Kindertransport trains in 1939, told the Guardian that there would be legal challenges and opposition from his peers. “If (Mrs. Patel) says she will get rid of the claims of left-wing lawyers, I think she may have something else. “I understand that they will have real difficulties in overcoming it anyway,” he said.
