So the flight to Rwanda didn't leave and The Greased Piglet is muttering about leaving the ECHR, which many still confuse with the EU.
What Johnson is probably unaware of is that the ECHR underpins the GFA. However, he might just want to ditch the GFA with his meddling in the NIP (sorry for all the letters).
To those who support the sending of refugees to Rwanda, I'd ask them whether they'd agree to sending Ukrainian refugees to Rwanda and, if not, why not? They also have crossed several 'safe countries' to get here, although that is immaterial, unless we were still in the EU and could invoke the Dublin Agreement. There can only be one, obvious answer. I'm open to other suggestions though.
If Ukrainian refugees and Hong Kong residents are allowed in, that makes a mockery of the racists' refrain that; "We're full up!"
I wonder whether the Congolese refugees waiting to come here from Rwanda will still be sent?
It's all getting very messy, but it's all calculated to deflect from Johnson's other woes and regroup his xenophobic, core support. The phrase; "Sleep-walking into fascism," comes to mind, although it seems Johnson and his cronies are striding into it with a purrpose.
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I think it's time that Canada, Australia, N.Z. and South Africa started sending back British refugees from the 18th and 19th centuries - or rather their descendants. They were not invited in and therefore illegal economic migrants. And then there are the descendants of enslaved peoples who presumably are entitled to compensation??? I'm not sure the Tories have really thought this through.
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