Twig@sopuli.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agoRishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before electionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkRishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before electionwww.theguardian.comTwig@sopuli.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 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-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 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.