The migration crisis is at the epicenter of London’s attention ahead of the parliamentary elections. In an attempt to defend his political course, the Prime Minister Great Britain Rishi Sunak has reached the Supreme Court. After all, his decision to expel refugees to Rwanda pending a verdict on their asylum claims was declared illegal.
In turn, the Conservative Party stubbornly defends its anti-migration decisions and is looking for an electoral foothold. The Labor opposition proposes other ways, being in consensus with the European Union, but reaching an agreement with its political competitors Sunak has not yet succeeded, Kommersant reported.
At the Supreme Court meeting, Sunak’s team tried to change the decision on the illegality of deporting illegal immigrants. Conservatives have developed a plan to evict them to third countries in 2022. Under the draft, any illegal immigrant arriving in the UK would face deportation to a so-called safe third country while their asylum claim was pending. And in April 2023, Rwanda agreed to host refugees expelled from the UK. However, the European Court of Human Rights blocked the flight with migrants. And later the Court of Appeal did not consider Rwanda a safe country to evict people. Sunak was prepared to prove the Court of Appeal wrong.
Parliamentary elections are due to take place in the UK in 2025, and the Conservative Party has every chance of losing to Labour. In an attempt to save the situation, conservatives are actively pursuing the winning theme of fighting immigration. To boost his ratings, Sunak has made reducing the number of illegal immigrants in the country a priority, with deportation at the heart of the plan.
However, in practice everything turned out to be more complicated. In June, Sunak said the program had reduced the number of refugees crossing the English Channel by 20 percent. But a couple of days later, London broke the record for the influx of illegal immigrants and updated it within a month. The Conservative Party openly admits that it has failed.
Labor immediately began to hit the weak spots of its competitors with double force. Opposition leader Keir Starmer proposes a readmission deal with Brussels. And although Sunak was unable to agree with the leadership of the European Union on the UK’s right to expel refugees arriving from the EU, Labor insists that a compromise must be sought. The UK could accept a certain number of illegal migrants entering through the EU in exchange for the right to turn back migrants crossing the English Channel. In September, Starmer undertook a European tour and presented the plan to Europol and politicians.
However, even if Starmer wins the election, Brussels will still not agree to readmission. And it turns out that London is going in a vicious circle. After Brexit, the EU perceives the UK as a third country, and invites its officials to negotiate with each state of the bloc separately. But individually, each country says that it is a member of the European Union, so all issues must be resolved through Brussels.
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