anitahowarthDec 19, 2022
Prof Nisreen Alwan ☀️
Very disappointed to hear the high court #Rwanda judgement. We must keep on highlighting the gross unfairness of this approach. Not everything legal is moral. The human struggle has always been to make the immoral illegal. That can never achieve via silence.
#Refugees
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/19/asylum-seekers-rwanda-uk-plan-legal-high-court
Suella Braverman restates Rwanda deportation goal after court ruling

Judges rule policy is legal but rebuke Home Office over attempt to deport eight people in June

The Guardian
Dec 19, 2022 at 11:13amWeb
Show threadProf Nisreen Alwan ☀️Dec 19, 2022
Also why would deportation to #Rwanda deter the smugglers? This widely promoted logic defeats me. Smugglers take money from very desperate people who may not necessarily have all the facts, and don’t give a monkey’s whether these people end up in the UK, Rwanda or Mars!
Show threadDaph (she/her)Dec 19, 2022
@nisreen I seriously doubt it, but I’m basing my opinion on the use of “coyotes” in North America. People are desperate. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5049707/
Why Border Enforcement Backfired

In this article we undertake a systematic analysis of why border enforcement backfired as a strategy of immigration control in the United States. We argue theoretically that border enforcement emerged as a policy response to a moral panic about the perceived ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Show threadpaulMar 1, 2023

@nisreen

it is throwing meat to their racist base and a nice segue into demolishing human rights for the rest of us.

the rich got their tax haven and can build their charter cities and free-ports leaving the public without a social and health safety net, unable to own property and living life as a service.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfmAY6M6aA

Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

YouTube
Show threadpaulMar 1, 2023

@nisreen

English fascism always seems more acceptable to other forms of fascism because it arrives in a suit and tie, spoken in an Etonian accent, delivered with impeccable good manners. You could easily mistake the thought control and loss of liberty for an invitation to tea and cake.

Show threadMidgecatDec 19, 2022
@nisreen while the court says the Rwanda deportation is legal in general, it says that individual circumstances must be considered first. So doesn't this say bulk deportation is in fact illegal ?