'This law is unworkable, not just inhumane'.
“The only option staff currently have if they do not agree with the policy is to move to another role,” another official said. Around 40,000 of those are small boat migrants that come under the scope of the Government’s new “duty to remove”, but remain in limbo because the Rwanda scheme has not been activated and there are no deals in place with other countries that could apply to the vast majority of casesThe Prime Minister vowed on Monday that new laws “make it clear that if you are here illegally, you will not be able to stay”.
“They are replacing people all the time. There’s always new people to train, while those with expert knowledge leave, so the quality of the work drops.” Last year’s Illegal Migration Act was intended to create a legal framework for swiftly deporting small boat migrants to Rwanda, but the Government has fallen back on older processes to set up an initial flight because it has not yet been brought into force.