Forcibly sending individuals to Africa is a form of human trafficking, says Michael Meadowcroft. And Austen Lynch says there is no evidence of ‘overwhelming’ support for the measure
A legal decision on deportations to Rwanda does not make the government’s policy any less immoral (Suella Braverman restates Rwanda deportation goal after court ruling, 19 December). All I can say is that shipping vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers off to a central African country with which they have no connection is not done in my name. What depths have we sunk to as a country?
The government professes to be opposed to human trafficking but what difference is there in principle between malign individuals who force men and women to a foreign country for financial gain and a malign government that forcibly deports individuals for electoral gain?
Michael Meadowcroft
Leeds
