Rejected petition Stop plans to offshore refugees and asylum seekers to Rwanda

Stop the implementation of plans to offshore asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda.

The cost of offshoring asylum seekers in Australia is £2 million per person. This scheme could therefore represent significant cost to the UK taxpayer, as well as putting vulnerable people at risk.

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Despite being described as a plan to 'save countless lives' from human trafficking, this plan puts vulnerable asylum seekers at risk once more, with ill treatment and torture described in Rwandan detention facilities.

The UNHCR have also expressed concerns over offshoring, describing it as a shifting of the responsibilities to protect vulnerable asylum seekers and undermine their rights.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614913

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Date submitted 14 April 2022
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