UK's Rwanda asylum plan criticised for ignoring climate threats

(Context, 20 Dec 2022) Britain's interior ministry failed to assess the climate threats posed to thousands of asylum seekers it plans to send to Rwanda, international charity Christian Aid said, just as London's High Court permitted the controversial policy to go ahead.

Britain's interior ministry failed to assess the climate threats posed to thousands of asylum seekers it plans to send to Rwanda, international charity Christian Aid said, just as London's High Court permitted the controversial policy to go ahead.

The British government failed to assess the climate threats posed to tens of thousands of asylum seekers it plans to send to Rwanda, the charity Christian Aid has said, as London's High Court ruled the controversial deportation policy was lawful.

Under a deal with Rwanda struck in April, Britain intends to relocate people who arrive on its shores illegally to the East African nation, more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) away.

Christian Aid said that despite Rwanda's acute vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, Britain's Home Office (interior ministry) had not conducted an assessment of the climate risks the asylum seekers could face if sent there.

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Context, 20 Dec 2022: UK's Rwanda asylum plan criticised for ignoring climate threats