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Headline-grabbing: Outcry in Britain hours before Rwanda's first migrant deportation flight
Demonstrators hold signs next to Gatwick airport, south London, on June 12, 2022, to demonstrate against the British government's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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"
It's theft that shames the UK
", headlines the London daily
The Independent
, while the
Times
gives voice to the prelates of the Anglican Church who denounce "
the immoral policy of expulsions
", a policy which "
should put us to shame as a nation
.”
This "
first flight of eviction is made possible after the rejection yesterday by the Court of Appeal of an appeal launched by charities
", explains for its part the
Guardian
which nevertheless underlines that another appeal should be made today .
heard by the High Court, "
leaving the possibility of a cancellation of this first flight
".
► To read also:
British justice rejects appeals against deportations of migrants in Rwanda
A "
deportation policy also condemned by the United Nations
", reports
El Pais
.
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, denouncing the “
risk of sending people who are likely to be persecuted to Rwanda
”.
“
Even Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, condemned the project as 'appalling
', says The
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
, which points out that by deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda, Boris Johnson is trying '
to please his side Conservative by deterring illegal immigrants from entering the UK illegally
", one of their main concerns.
If it is not cancelled,
the flight will take off this evening at 10:30 p.m. from an air military base with only 7 people on board from Iraq, Albania and Syria
”, notes the tabloid
Metro
, while “
130 people were on the initial list
” .
It's "
a farce
", mocks the
Daily Mail,
which is one of the few daily newspapers to support these expulsions.
London defies Europe by tearing up Northern Irish protocol
The European press fires red bullets against this new "
unilateral questioning of the Northern Irish protocol
", the post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland.
"
A desperate Johnson pushes Brussels into the trap of Northern Ireland
", headlines
Die Welt
which denounces "
the will of the British to dismantle European standards
".
"
Britain is violating its international obligations
", criticizes the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
, while
El Pais
accuses Boris Johnson of "
giving in to the hard wing of the Conservative Party
", in order "
to cover up its own problems on the domestic scene
" .
By presenting a bill "
which cancels some of the post-Brexit trade rules of the Northern Irish protocol
", the British Prime Minister "
intends to sweep away a large part of the customs controls in the area and also remove the surveillance role of the Court of Justice of the EU
,” explains the
Suddeutsche Zeitung
.
"
A shame" for a country that prides itself on having invented the rule of law
", mocks an MEP.
"
The European Union is threatening to take legal action,
" says the
Financial Times.
“
London risks being inflicted with unlimited fines
”, underlines the
Times
, while the
Guardian
fears the "
triggering of a trade war with the EU
", as soon as the bill is approved.
► To read also: The EU is up in arms over the reorientation of London's policy on Northern Ireland
Oil allows Russia to continue its murderous war in Ukraine
Despite Western sanctions, “
Russia's oil revenues are rising very sharply
,” says the
New York Times
, which cites a study by a Finnish research center that puts forward “
record figures
”.
During the first 100 days of its war against Ukraine, "
Russia would thus have exported 93 billion euros worth of oil, gas and coal
", because the "
decrease in the volume of exports is more than largely compensated by the soaring prices
”.
"
Russia earns billions by selling oil and gas in particular to Germany
", points the finger at the
Times
, which figures Berlin's payments to Moscow at more than 12 billion euros, which still makes Germany "
Putin's main client
".
Even if the European embargo is gradually being put in place, “
Putin can continue to wage war
”, laments the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
“
whoever thinks that he will soon have to give in is mistaken
”.
Russian millionaires continue to flee the country
"
More than 15,000 millionaires are expected to leave Russia in 2022
", headlines the
Guardian
, which is based on analyzes of "
migration data from a London company specializing in connecting the super-rich with countries that sell their citizenship
" .
, which allow the purchase of passports.
"
Wealthy people are generally the first to leave, often preceding the collapse of their country
", further explains the
Guardian
, which points out that a large number of these millionaires should settle in "
the 3M
" that are "
Malta, Mauritius and Monaco
”.
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