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LONDON: The British government says it intends to begin deporting asylum seekers on July 23, court documents showed on Monday, although the controversial scheme is dependent on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative parties winning the upcoming election.
The policy of sending asylum seekers who arrived in Britain to the East African nation is one of Sunak’s flagship policies but legal and parliamentary obstacles have meant it has never got off the ground.
Sunak recently said the deportation flights would not leave before an election on July 4 but he has promised if he wins they would begin soon after, although he is trailing the opposition Labour Party by about 20 points in opinion polls and it has promised to scrap the plan.
In documents submitted to the London High Court as part of a charity’s challenged to the policy, government lawyers said the intention was “to effect removals with a flight to Rwanda on 23 July 2024 (and not before).”
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UK says Rwanda asylum seekers’ deportation flights to begin on July 23
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UK says Rwanda asylum seekers’ deportation flights to begin on July 23
- Policy of sending asylum seekers who arrived in Britain to the East African nation is one of Rishi Sunak’s flagship policies
Bangladesh will hold the first national elections since 2024 mass uprising in February
- The country’s last elections were held in January 2024, when Hasina returned to office for the fourth consecutive time
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s next national elections would be held on Feb. 12, eighteen months after former Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina was ousted through a mass uprising following weeks of violence that left hundreds dead and thousands injured, the chief election commissioner said Thursday.
A.M.M. Nasir Uddin confirmed the date in a televised address to the nation.
The country’s last elections were held in January 2024, when Hasina returned to office for the fourth consecutive time. The 2024 elections were controversial and boycotted by major rivals of Hasina who accused her administration of rigging the vote.
Hasina fled the country to India on Aug. 5 in the wake of huge protests last summer, and she has been in exile since.
An interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been running the country since Aug. 8, 2024. The Yunus-led administration has banned all activities of Hasina’s Awami League party, which means the former ruling party would not be able to join the race.
The new elections would be the 13th since the country gained independence from Pakistan through a bloody war in 1971.
A.M.M. Nasir Uddin confirmed the date in a televised address to the nation.
The country’s last elections were held in January 2024, when Hasina returned to office for the fourth consecutive time. The 2024 elections were controversial and boycotted by major rivals of Hasina who accused her administration of rigging the vote.
Hasina fled the country to India on Aug. 5 in the wake of huge protests last summer, and she has been in exile since.
An interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been running the country since Aug. 8, 2024. The Yunus-led administration has banned all activities of Hasina’s Awami League party, which means the former ruling party would not be able to join the race.
The new elections would be the 13th since the country gained independence from Pakistan through a bloody war in 1971.
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