The government's plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda is an 'egregious breach' of international and refugee law, the UN's refugee agency has warned
"My point is, just as the Australian policy is an egregious breach of international law and refugee law and human rights law, so too is this proposal by the United Kingdom government," she told the BBC.
She referred to a similar abandoned plan by Israel to send Eritrean and Sudanese refugees to Rwanda, claiming they"simply left the country and started the process all over again".Image:'Breach of Geneva convention' Announcing the plan this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he expected it to face legal challenges.
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