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It was a plane that was to take off for the Rwanda, at the end of a financial agreement to welcome these illegal immigrants. In the end, the associations prevailed. But Boris Johnson and his government intend to go all the way.
“The cancellation of this flight to the Rwanda last night, it is clearly a disavowal for the government of Boris Johnson and for its desire to toughen the migration policy of the country“, begins Maëlys Septembre, correspondent in London. As a reminder, the British authorities had to be forced to announce the cancellation of the flight when it was almost ready for take-off.
If the plane did not take off, it is because of last minute appeals “grounded the plane“. These appeals were made to the European Court of Human Rights, even though certain appeals that had been made to the British courts had not been able to freeze the project. However, London does not intend abandon this project anytime soon and is even considering withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights. Another flight is said to be in preparation, “but for the moment the project remains at a standstill“, concludes the correspondent.