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[Count Steer]

It's about the only export deal this bunch of lackwits have managed to do.

And the UK is losing a fucktonload of money on the deal.

Maybe we're getting Rwandan tungsten in exchange, which isn't much good for car batteries but we'll lead the world in darts manufacture.

[Horse]

Yet the UNHCR sends refugees to Rwanda for processing under their own deal.

More comparison and discussion on bbc today:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61111915


The country, which has a population of 13 million, has already taken in more than 900 African asylum seekers from Libya since 2019 - under a deal with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the African Union (AU).

They have been housed at Gashora, about 60km (40 miles) from Kigali. The UNHCR says it is not a refugee camp, but an Emergency Transit Mechanism - and more than half of them have already been relocated to Sweden, Canada, Norway, France and Belgium.

The UN site, which has permanent structures, aims to teach those who suffered appalling conditions in Libyan camps, the skills to help them in their new life. The camp has a driving school and offers language classes, amongst other things.

But when Denmark announced last year that it was planning a similar deal to the one the UK has just launched, the AU hit out.

"Such attempts to stem out migration from Africa to Europe is xenophobic and completely unacceptable," it said last August.

Africa already shouldered 85% of the world's refugees "often in protracted situations, whereas only 15% are hosted by developed countries", it said.

"It's all about sending a deterrent to asylum seekers… anyone who is trying to flee repression in Africa is going to be horrified at being sent to Rwanda," she said.

Unlike the UNHCR project, details being released of the UK scheme suggest asylum seekers would be in Rwanda for longer - "so that they can resettle and thrive", as the home secretary put it.

It is not clear how many people Rwanda is expecting to accept, given it is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa but UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it would take "tens of thousands in the years ahead".

Long article, definitely not painting an all rosy and light picture of Rwanda.

[Cousin Jack]

No idea about the conditions in Rwanda, but the ever-increasing numbers of economic migrants coming to the UK is not sustainable. Refugees, yes we SHOULD take our share, but refugees normally come in all ages and both sexes. And they don't arrive from a country 5000 miles away, they cross the first border and become a refugee at that point. Most genuine refugees are happy to have escaped, of course they have a preference for the country they would like to go to, but they will usually be content with an alternative. If you have been bombed out of Mariupol you might prefer England, but will probably settle for France, or Germany, or almost anywhere unless you have family in England.

Many (most?) of the people crossing the Channel are from many 1000s of miles away, have passed through multiple countries (or flown over them in aeroplanes) and are more often than not single, male and in their late teens/early 20s. They are economic migrants, IME quite often from a country other than that they claim to come from, eg from Kenya or Uganda but claiming to be Somali. Making it very clear to them that they will not be able to 'disappear' into the UK if they are refused asylum will be a serious deterrent. Personally I think we have places closer that Rwanda we could use, St Kilda comes to mind. The logistics are formidable (and probably beyond G4S), but not many would escape.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I see Priti Patel basically used her Ministerial JFDI prerogative to get this scheme in place. So now she's officially taken responsibility for it.

Let's see if that sticks.

[Cousin Jack]

I see Priti Patel basically used her Ministerial JFDI prerogative to get this scheme in place. So now she's officially taken responsibility for it.

Let's see if that sticks.

I rather doubt it. A characteristic of most current Ministers is Teflon shoulders if anything goes Pete Tong. However if it goes well the Teflon converts to Velcro.

[Lutin]

Bozo must be wetting himself with joy - Ukraine war: Russia bans Boris Johnson from country over Ukraine war

Now he must be one of the big boys on the international stage.

[irie]

Bozo must be wetting himself with joy - Ukraine war: Russia bans Boris Johnson from country over Ukraine war

Now he must be one of the big boys on the international stage.

HTH

[Asian Boss]

We did have some international kudos and credibility.

It's been pretty comprehensively Brexited away though. By Bracists.

[irie]

No idea about the conditions in Rwanda, but the ever-increasing numbers of economic migrants coming to the UK is not sustainable. Refugees, yes we SHOULD take our share, but refugees normally come in all ages and both sexes. And they don't arrive from a country 5000 miles away, they cross the first border and become a refugee at that point. Most genuine refugees are happy to have escaped, of course they have a preference for the country they would like to go to, but they will usually be content with an alternative. If you have been bombed out of Mariupol you might prefer England, but will probably settle for France, or Germany, or almost anywhere unless you have family in England.

Many (most?) of the people crossing the Channel are from many 1000s of miles away, have passed through multiple countries (or flown over them in aeroplanes) and are more often than not single, male and in their late teens/early 20s. They are economic migrants, IME quite often from a country other than that they claim to come from, eg from Kenya or Uganda but claiming to be Somali. Making it very clear to them that they will not be able to 'disappear' into the UK if they are refused asylum will be a serious deterrent. Personally I think we have places closer that Rwanda we could use, St Kilda comes to mind. The logistics are formidable (and probably beyond G4S), but not many would escape.

You just gotta love the arrogance of Justin Welby who evidently labours under the illusion that he has a hotline to some celestial being.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... archbishop

Rwanda plan is ‘against the judgment of God’, says archbishop

[Cousin Jack]

You just gotta love the arrogance of Justin Welby who evidently labours under the illusion that he has a hotline to some celestial being.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... archbishop

Rwanda plan is ‘against the judgment of God’, says archbishop

God obviously loves people smugglers who extract £000s for a 'safe' passage to the UK from gullible people in poor countries.

[demographic]

God obviously loves people smugglers who extract £000s for a 'safe' passage to the UK from gullible people in poor countries.

The trick is to get Russian oligarchs to pay ￡0000's in party donations to get into the country when they want to hide their money in London property.

[slowsider]

You just gotta love the arrogance of Justin Welby who evidently labours under the illusion that he has a hotline to some celestial being.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... archbishop

Rwanda plan is ‘against the judgment of God’, says archbishop

God obviously loves people smugglers who extract £000s for a 'safe' passage to the UK from gullible people in poor countries.

The church has been doing that for centuries, although they dont call the destination UK.

[Yambo]

God obviously loves people smugglers who extract £000s for a 'safe' passage to the UK from gullible people in poor countries.

I can't remember the exact passages (and I'm not going looking) but didn't the G~d thing say slavery was OK?

[Cousin Jack]

I can't remember the exact passages (and I'm not going looking) but didn't the G~d thing say slavery was OK?

Probably, but not for his 'chosen' people obviously.

[Yorick]

Mask rule dropped today. Feels very strange.

https://gazettelife.com/news/mask-law-simplified/

[Felix]

Mask rule dropped today. Feels very strange.

https://gazettelife.com/news/mask-law-simplified/

We were last Monday thank fuck. Few in the supermarkets still have them on but that is there choice. The amount of people who have had or got seems more in the last month or so than before but everyone i talk to say just a cold. Sniffles, Odd soar head, a tad weak and tired but all bounce back soon enough. At least 5 of my customers in there 80's have had it also and say the same. I am starting to feel left out not having it now.

[Yorick]

Only in the USA. This is scary..


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61192975

[ChrisW]

Only in the USA. This is scary..


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61192975

I saw the same headline earlier today and assumed it was a joke / spoof story...

[demographic]

Only in the USA. This is scary..


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61192975

As far as I know thats interesting because the NRA (National Rifle Association) has via intense lobbying, blocked those statistics from being compiled for quite some time.
Recently the NRA has being going through a bit of a cash crisis (well, more of a embezzlement/scandal involving Wayne Lapierre and Oliver North) and from what I heard didn't have so much money for lobbying.

I'm sure there's more of it than that but it might be interesting to see if more gun death stats come out.

[Horse]

Only in the USA? Whatever, the lengths some go to for for views, likes and shares.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... ertificate

The FAA revoked the pilot certificate of Trevor Jacob, a former Olympic snowboard competitor turned YouTuber, who posted a viral video of himself parachuting out of a 1940 Taylorcraft that he claimed had malfunctioned.

The video Jacob posted online showing his bailout and the subsequent crash of the 1940 Taylorcraft has been viewed more than 500,000 times, and sparked criticism from pilots and others in the aviation community. The footage taken from multiple cameras, including a selfie stick, shows Jacob (who claims to have just experienced an “engine-out”) leaping out of the aircraft with his selfie stick in hand and parachuting to safety. The Taylorcraft crashed into the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California, and Jacob retrieved footage from cameras he had mounted on the aircraft.

According to The New York Times, the FAA sent Jacob a letter on April 11 advising that the agency had determined that Jacob violated FAR 91.13 by operating his single-engine aircraft in a “careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another.”

The newspaper obtained a copy of that April 11 letter, apparently before Jacob received his own copy, and elaborated on the FAA’s findings, including that, “Mr. Jacob made no attempt to contact air traffic control on the emergency frequency, did not try to restart the engine by increasing airflow over the propeller and failed to look for a place to safely land, ‘even though there were multiple areas within gliding range in which you could have made a safe landing.’ After the crash, the agency noted that Mr. Jacob also ‘recovered and then disposed of the wreckage…You demonstrated a lack of care, judgment and responsibility by choosing to jump out of an aircraft solely so you could record the footage of the crash…Your egregious and intentional actions on these dates indicate that you presently lack the degree of care, judgment and responsibility required of a certificate holder.’”

The FAA ordered Jacob to surrender his private pilot certificate, adding that failure to do so could result in “further legal enforcement action,” including a civil penalty of up to $1,644 for every day he does not comply.