Those are good points because vulnerable people are already being targeted by the Government, if on a voluntary basis. I recently had a young man in my constituency, with severe health problems, whom the Home Office has tried to persuade to go voluntarily to Rwanda, and it was severely traumatising for him. For somebody who has suffered previously in coming to the UK and in the experience they have had in their home country, to then have that degree of what they perceive as pressure—and possibly bribery as well, in a sense—is extremely traumatising. If this is the way the Government are going, these amendments are essential.
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Andy Slaughter
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 April 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.
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