Rishi Saunak has agreed to toughen up the illegal migrant Bill, defying the ECHR court’s past judgement and acting contradictory to various international treaties and conventions. The right-wing MPs and the backbench politicians have been pushing the Prime minister to ignore the interim ruling of the EU court. Last year around June the asylum flight bound for Rwanda was cancelled due to the order passed by the EU Human Rights Court. The Flight was carrying illegal immigrants to the African subcontinent where an agreement ensured that these immigrants are provided with a living habitat. This flight was cancelled almost at the eleventh hour after a last-minute petition which stated the gross negligence towards those people’s rights who are being deported and the agreement between UK and Rwanda was also subject to stratification.
The EU Courts have placed 39 injunctions to stop the aircraft carrying those immigrants and the courts have questioned the human rights conditions they are exposed to in the East African country, because if these parameters are not looked upon then this act is nothing but an act of modern-day slavery.
The amendments to the law that the right-wing MPs are suggesting will vest the power to the Home Minister to overrule those 39 injunction order and it will allow any immigrants to deport who comes to claim asylum. The amendments are also limiting the authority of The House of Lords regarding any of the appeals about the illegal migrant’s cases. They now exercise advisory jurisdiction on those cases.
Suella Braverman, the home secretary has played a principal role in making these changes according to The Times. The Home Office is yet to present the amendments before the House of Commons for the next debate and vote. The hardline MPs plan to ignore the EU judgement yet plan to stay on its radar.
One of the rebel ringleaders, Danny Kruger, told the I newspaper: “My colleagues and I are grateful to the home secretary and prime minister for their work to secure most of the changes … we asked for.” The P.M. and his decisions all the situation are no great deed, rather Sunak in the attempt of pleasing the house is getting deviated apart from his ideals and beliefs.
The Whole upheaval of the refugee displacement had been a major concern for which the previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson, faced criticism which was one of the reasons for his withdrawal from office. Saunak in its errand to harmonise with parliament is making a big priority of house over international relations which is putting up a lot of argumentative remarks on him.
Swarnabh Saha Sem -6 Bcom.LLB(H) St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata
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