Opposition from organizations and individuals, against the UK government plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claims processed there, has increased once more this week. Kill me or sentence me to death instead," said an Iraqi asylum seeker called Hadi* after finding out about the UK government's plans to fly asylum seekers like himself to Rwanda. 'No oversight of what's happening'Aderonke Apata, the founder of the non-governmental organization African Rainbow Family, and herself a gay former asylum seeker, thinks that LGBTQ asylum seekers sent to Rwanda could suffer persecution there. Accommodation for asylum seekers from the UK in Rwanda | Screengrab Reuters videoBritain 'passes the buck' of its responsibilitiesSmith added that the UK was just attempting "to pass the buck" of its responsibilities by attempting to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda. Many of the asylum seekers affected are being detained in a facility near London Gatwick Airport called Brook House.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2022 18:59 UTC