The world is used to a lot from Boris Johnson.
And yet the British prime minister never ceases to amaze with his erratic behavior and about-faces.
Yesterday his government criticized Rwanda for human rights violations, today Johnson praises the country as one of the "safest" anywhere.
In the future, he wants to have all illegal migrants, including Syrians and Iranians, flown out to the country 6,000 kilometers away so that they can apply for asylum there and, if necessary, legally enter the United Kingdom.
Johnson does not dare to present himself as a philanthropist.
After all, he saved so many migrants from drowning.
An unrealistic initiative
Lawyers give the initiative little chance of realization.
Because it violates the European Convention on Human Rights like the Geneva Refugee Convention.
In addition, the British courts already grant refugee status to a majority of those who enter the country illegally.
If shady Johnson nevertheless tries to outsource his asylum problems to a far-flung country, in the delusional hope of keeping asylum-seekers off the island, he may have only one goal in mind: he can claim he's tried, and then in one populist reflex to pass the buck to the courts and lawyers.