It's not "racist" or "condescending" to point out that shipping vulnerable people more than 4,000 miles away to a country with a record of human rights abuses is absolutely inhumane. Everyone should be using #CHOGM2022 to condemn the UK government's deportation plan. 1/ #r4today
We're not talking about "sending people home", as has been claimed by a number of people, when highlighting how forcibly transporting asylum seekers to a country where they don't speak the language, know anyone, and face serious risks of trafficking is fundamentally wrong. 2/
You can't even claim "UNHCR says it is okay" when UNHCR has had to go to court and say the government is lying to refugees about its involvement. UNHCR uses Rwanda as a TEMPORARY transit point. The UK is talking about forcing them to live there for the rest of their lives. 3/
It's all well and good showing the nice holiday snaps, but the camps where refugees are held already are known hell holes, where rape, lack of support, insufficient food and medical care, abuse etc are widespread. 4/
If the Rwandan government wanted to show that it believes in providing safety for asylum seekers it should take the opportunity of #CHOGM2022 to walk away from UK migration deal on the basis that forcing refugees thousands of miles to unknown countries is objectively wrong. 5/
As it won't, and as Kagame's government is a major contributing factor to the creation of refugees due to its ongoing attacks on fundamental freedoms, it falls on everyone else attending #CHOGM2022 to condemn the plan. That's not "condescending". It's basic humanity. 6/
And for those who still think #RwandaDeportation plan is "necessary to stop trafficking", you're going to have to explain how shipping people to a country which remains a major trafficking hub for people coming to Europe in any way shape or form stops trafficking into Europe. 7/
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