British PM Starmer Slams Rwanda Asylum Move by Previous Governments

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Starmer’s Labour government canceled the Rwanda scheme in July 2024 after being elected into office, promising to replace it with a more efficient policy.

The Rwanda scheme was “wasteful” and “inefficient,” according to Starmer, speaking at an international immigration summit hosted by the UK. The British Prime Minister slammed the scheme developed by the previous government of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their asylum request processed there instead of on UK soil.

Starmer’s Labour government canceled the Rwanda scheme in July 2024 after being elected into office, promising to replace it with a more efficient policy.

Starmer said that his government was also deploying resources away from the Tories’ wasteful Rwanda scheme. This scheme spent over Pound 700 million of taxpayer money to remove just four volunteers.

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His remarks come as rising support for the anti-immigration Reform UK party has put pressure on his government to act concerning immigration policy. In February, London announced that it was tightening immigration and citizenship rules for irregular migrants, making it almost impossible for those arriving in the UK by dangerous means to receive citizenship. The UK struggles in particular to curb migrants’ attempts at crossing the English Channel in boats from France.