Refugees may be encouraged to cross Channel for a 'free flight to Rwanda’, says former Brexit Party MEP

Extra refugees might try and cross the Channel into the UK “‘as a result of they get a free flight to Rwanda”.

That’s in accordance with former Brexit Occasion MEP, Ben Habib who believes the brand new asylum partnership with the African nation is “beneficiant”.

Talking on GB Information’ Brazier, Mr Habib stated: “It’s the generosity of the British exchequer once more, they get handled extremely nicely as soon as they land right here.

“The price of housing these unlawful migrants, which is what they're, is about £4 billion a 12 months as a result of we put them up in respectable resorts, feed them, dress them and take care of them.

“When you needed to get into the UK throughout lockdown you couldn’t do it apart from throughout the channel, however these individuals didn’t must do covid exams to get throughout the UK, they only bought on a dingy and got here throughout.

Former Brexit Party MEP, Ben Habib
Former Brexit Occasion MEP, Ben Habib
GB Information
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended the scheme
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended the scheme
Reuters

“The entire thing is a farce frankly and we don’t have management of our borders.

He added: “If it really works and folks get despatched to Rwanda and so they have life in Rwanda it might even encourage extra individuals to strive the journey as a result of they get a free flight to Rwanda.

“The notion that it’s going to discourage individuals from coming to the UK predicated on going to Rwanda being an terrible consequence.

His feedback come simply hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed the brand new scheme.

Mr Johnson stated the Authorities is fulfilling the end result of the EU referendum and stated unlawful immigration has “bedevilled our nation for too lengthy”.

He continued: “We can't maintain a parallel unlawful system. Our compassion could also be infinite, however our capability to assist individuals will not be.

“The British individuals voted a number of instances to manage our borders, to not shut them, however to manage them.

“So simply as Brexit allowed us to take again management of authorized immigration by changing free motion with our points-based system, we're additionally taking again management of unlawful immigration, with a long-term plan for asylum on this nation.”

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