Britain Rwanda Refugees -- WEB
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- Britain Rwanda Refugees -- WEB
- June 10, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Britain Rwanda Refugees HEADLINE: British Plan to Fly Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Faces Last-Minute Legal Challenge TEASER: Campaigners launch court case to block deportation flight scheduled June 14 PUBLISHED AT: 6/10/2022 AT BYLINE: Henry Ridgwell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: London VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Ridgwell VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, MPage VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, AFP, APTN, Reuters, Skype PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB _X_ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: VPKGN EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[Refugee support groups have launched a legal case against the British government to try to block a flight scheduled next week, which would take hundreds of asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda. As Henry Ridgwell reports from London, the United Nations has also criticized the policy.]] ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF HADI)) ((NARRATOR)) Asylum-seeker Hadi – not his real name – fled persecution in his home country of Iraq because he is gay. He shows the scars of a recent attempted rape. He reached Britain in January after crossing the English Channel on a small dinghy. Now he is terrified of being sent to Rwanda. ((Hadi, Iraqi Asylum-Seeker (in Arabic))) “We suffered and escaped death, we crossed the sea, all to be sent to Rwanda? Kill me or sentence me to death, instead of sending me to Rwanda. I don't have anything to do with Rwanda. As a gay person and a supporter of refugees, this is an unjust and criminal decision.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS CROSSING CHANNEL)) Hadi is among the more than 10-thousand migrants this year alone who have crossed the English Channel in small boats to reach Britain. Dozens have died attempting the crossing. ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF PATEL, RWANDA)) Britain says the flow has to stop. Earlier this year British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed a deal to fly asylum seekers six thousand kilometers away to Rwanda, for processing there – as a deterrent to migrants hoping to cross the Channel. ((Priti Patel, British Home Secretary)) “We're a government along with our partners, the government of Rwanda, finding new, innovative solutions to global problems. Well, I'm afraid other organizations and other countries, you know, are not coming up with alternatives, and the status quo is simply not acceptable anymore.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF HOSTEL)) The migrants will be housed in hostels like this one in Kigali. ((Alain Mukurarinda, Rwandan Government Spokesperson (in French))) “At some point, once their status has been fixed, they will have to go and live with other Rwandans. But they will be free. They will not be prisoners.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS IN UK)) The first flight taking around one-hundred migrants to Rwanda is scheduled June 14. But the policy has been widely criticized – including by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF LONDON HIGH COURT)) A group of non-governmental organizations has launched a legal case to halt the flight. Among them is the charity ‘Care4Calais.’ ((Clare Moseley, Founder Of ‘Care4Calais’ Charity)) “People come from Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, they are all terrified. They have all fled their home countries due to absolutely terrible circumstances. A number of them have suffered extreme torture or trafficking.” ((VIDEO: VOA / AGENCY FOOTAGE OF LONDON HIGH COURT)) The plaintiffs say the policy breaches international refugee conventions. ((Colin Yeo, Immigration Lawyer)) ((cf. Skype logo)) “There's got to be some domestic U.K. law that you rely on because those treaties don't automatically become part of British law.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF KIGALI)) Lawyers for the migrants argue they could be denied a fair hearing in the Rwandan asylum system. Separately, lawyers are also arguing that specific individuals named on the flight should not be sent to Rwanda. ((Colin Yeo, Immigration Lawyer)) ((cf. Skype logo)) “So, it could be somebody who's been a victim of trafficking for example. It could be somebody who has been wrongly assessed as being an adult, and actually they say they're a child. It could be somebody who's got a serious illness.” ((VIDEO: VOA / AGENCY FOOTAGE OF LONDON HIGH COURT)) A court ruling is expected in the coming days. ((Henry Ridgwell, for VOA News, London.))
- Transcript/Script Britain Rwanda Refugees HEADLINE: British Plan to Fly Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Faces Last-Minute Legal Challenge TEASER: Campaigners launch court case to block deportation flight scheduled June 14 PUBLISHED AT: 6/10/2022 AT BYLINE: Henry Ridgwell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: London VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Ridgwell VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, MPage VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, AFP, APTN, Reuters, Skype PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB _X_ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: VPKGN EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[Refugee support groups have launched a legal case against the British government to try to block a flight scheduled next week, which would take hundreds of asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda. As Henry Ridgwell reports from London, the United Nations has also criticized the policy.]] ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF HADI)) ((NARRATOR)) Asylum-seeker Hadi – not his real name – fled persecution in his home country of Iraq because he is gay. He shows the scars of a recent attempted rape. He reached Britain in January after crossing the English Channel on a small dinghy. Now he is terrified of being sent to Rwanda. ((Hadi, Iraqi Asylum-Seeker (in Arabic))) “We suffered and escaped death, we crossed the sea, all to be sent to Rwanda? Kill me or sentence me to death, instead of sending me to Rwanda. I don't have anything to do with Rwanda. As a gay person and a supporter of refugees, this is an unjust and criminal decision.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS CROSSING CHANNEL)) Hadi is among the more than 10-thousand migrants this year alone who have crossed the English Channel in small boats to reach Britain. Dozens have died attempting the crossing. ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF PATEL, RWANDA)) Britain says the flow has to stop. Earlier this year British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed a deal to fly asylum seekers six thousand kilometers away to Rwanda, for processing there – as a deterrent to migrants hoping to cross the Channel. ((Priti Patel, British Home Secretary)) “We're a government along with our partners, the government of Rwanda, finding new, innovative solutions to global problems. Well, I'm afraid other organizations and other countries, you know, are not coming up with alternatives, and the status quo is simply not acceptable anymore.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF HOSTEL)) The migrants will be housed in hostels like this one in Kigali. ((Alain Mukurarinda, Rwandan Government Spokesperson (in French))) “At some point, once their status has been fixed, they will have to go and live with other Rwandans. But they will be free. They will not be prisoners.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS IN UK)) The first flight taking around one-hundred migrants to Rwanda is scheduled June 14. But the policy has been widely criticized – including by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF LONDON HIGH COURT)) A group of non-governmental organizations has launched a legal case to halt the flight. Among them is the charity ‘Care4Calais.’ ((Clare Moseley, Founder Of ‘Care4Calais’ Charity)) “People come from Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, they are all terrified. They have all fled their home countries due to absolutely terrible circumstances. A number of them have suffered extreme torture or trafficking.” ((VIDEO: VOA / AGENCY FOOTAGE OF LONDON HIGH COURT)) The plaintiffs say the policy breaches international refugee conventions. ((Colin Yeo, Immigration Lawyer)) ((cf. Skype logo)) “There's got to be some domestic U.K. law that you rely on because those treaties don't automatically become part of British law.” ((VIDEO: AGENCY FOOTAGE OF KIGALI)) Lawyers for the migrants argue they could be denied a fair hearing in the Rwandan asylum system. Separately, lawyers are also arguing that specific individuals named on the flight should not be sent to Rwanda. ((Colin Yeo, Immigration Lawyer)) ((cf. Skype logo)) “So, it could be somebody who's been a victim of trafficking for example. It could be somebody who has been wrongly assessed as being an adult, and actually they say they're a child. It could be somebody who's got a serious illness.” ((VIDEO: VOA / AGENCY FOOTAGE OF LONDON HIGH COURT)) A court ruling is expected in the coming days. ((Henry Ridgwell, for VOA News, London.))
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace, Society, Politics, Human Interest
- Topic Tags Migrants Rwanda
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date June 10, 2022 15:57 EDT
- Description English Refugee support groups have launched a legal case against the British government to try to block a flight scheduled next week, which would take hundreds of asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda. As Henry Ridgwell reports from London, the United Nations has also criticized the policy.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English