Twig to UK [email protected]English • 6 months agoRishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before electionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkRishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before electionwww.theguardian.comTwig to UK [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@steeznsonlink2•6 months agoTo be fair it was Australia that pioneered this particular idea. Then Israel copied them. I think we’re the third country to try a scheme like this.
minus-square@steeznsonlink2•edit-26 months agoYeah, their scheme was/is harsher than the Rwanda one, too. I think there are still people being held somewhere in Papa New Guniea who arrived by boat in Australia over a decade ago.
minus-squareHossenfefferlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoI mean you could argue we (Brits) did it first by shipping people off to Australia as a deterrent.
To be fair it was Australia that pioneered this particular idea. Then Israel copied them. I think we’re the third country to try a scheme like this.
Worked for Australia tbf
Yeah, their scheme was/is harsher than the Rwanda one, too. I think there are still people being held somewhere in Papa New Guniea who arrived by boat in Australia over a decade ago.
rip
I mean you could argue we (Brits) did it first by shipping people off to Australia as a deterrent.