The dispute over tightening British immigration laws is taking place within the Prime Minister’s Conservative Party Rishi Sunak becoming more and more open. Minister of State responsible for migration resigned on Wednesday Robert Jenrick to go back. The MP, who is actually considered a confidant of Sunak, did not go far enough with a bill that the Prime Minister wanted to use to enforce a controversial asylum pact with Rwanda.
➤ Agreement with Rwanda: Britain wants to ignore Strasbourg decisions
“I cannot continue in my position if I so clearly disagree with the direction of the government’s immigration policy,” Jenrick wrote on Platform X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday night. Department head James Cleverly confirmed Parliament staff.
Declare British human rights law unenforceable
The planned law envisages declaring the East African country a safe third country. Sunak even wants to expressly declare a British human rights law inapplicable. But radicals, such as former Home Secretary Suella Braverman and now Jenrick, are calling for even more explicit measures, including withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights, in order to avoid prosecution in international courts. Recently, Jenrick, who was actually appointed as a counterweight to the right-wing politician Braverman, has moved increasingly to the right.
➤ Britain wants to put asylum seekers in military camps: tough new laws
The British government wants to immediately deport asylum seekers who enter the country irregularly to Rwanda, regardless of their origin. They were supposed to seek asylum there but are not allowed to return to Britain. The London High Court also halted the project citing constitutional deficits in Rwanda. The new law now aims to overcome these concerns.