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Compassion Not Cruelty: Migrant Action’s Response to the Government’s
Proposal to send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda

14th May 2022 by ficheb

People fleeing persecution in pursuit of sanctuary and human dignity deserve compassion.
The uprooting and forced displacement of people leads to a vicious cycle of vulnerability
and human suffering compounded by perilous journeys and other activities that are often
dehumanising.


The Government’s proposal to send people who have been subjected to such levels of
cruelty to a country that, at least in their minds, would in many ways encapsulate the very
essence of their displacement, exacerbates the cruelty and inhumanity they have fled from.
The proposal will perpetuate the vulnerability of men, women, and children. It will
exacerbate the effects of forced displacement in terms of trauma, abuse, exploitation,
precarious living, destitution, homelessness, existing in limbo, deterioration of physical
health and possibly death. As legal routes for migration becomes ever more constrained,
the government is creating the conditions for the forms of exploitation it claims to be
against. All forced migrants are seeking is the opportunity to be human, to rebuild their lives
and thrive again. Britain’s obligations to those seeking protection must not be offshored to
other countries.


The Government’s immigration policies must be based on core principles of compassion,
kindness, dignity, solidarity, human rights, and justice. They must also align with the broader
pursuit of genuine global peace and security, and economic justice. The Rwanda plan, and
the broader plan for immigration of which it is a part, represent the opposite.
Migrant Action remains committed to welcoming and supporting migrants find sanctuary,
hope and justice as they rebuild their lives. More importantly, we are resolute in the pursuit
of a fair, just and humane immigration system.

Fidelis Chebe
Director, Migrant Action

Filed Under: Reports and Case Studies

About Migrant Action

Migrant Action was established in 2016 as an Advocacy and Rights based organisation providing information, guidance, advocacy support and direct practical assistance to ‘vulnerable’ migrants. Migrant Action works with migrants who have fallen through the cracks of the immigration system including (but not restricted to) stateless people, those who have been unable to regularise their status and those on temporary visas. We work to ensure equity of rights and justice for migrants, and although the primary focus of our work is not with asylum seekers and refugees, we do signpost them to appropriate … Read more ..

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Migrant Voice Parliamentary Report

Our Director Fidelis Chebe spoke at the Migrant Voice report launch. Take a look at some of the findings below and read the full report here: https://www.migrantvoice.org/resources/reports/destroying-hopes-dreams-and-lives–230422122311

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