Liz True said the first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda would take off on Tuesday afternoon with few people, saying the milestone was the beginning. In a letter to the Times, the archbishops of Canterbury and York, as well as the other 24 bishops sitting as Lords Spirituals in the House of Lords, said politics “should shame us as a nation.” He said: “The shame is ours, because our Christian heritage should inspire us to treat asylum seekers with compassion, justice and fairness, as we have done for centuries.” Chelmsford Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, who came to the UK as an asylum seeker in 1980, said people who had been injured and risked their lives to board small boats should “at least have the human dignity to have cases that have been tried “. “Without their consent, flying them to another country 4,000 miles away does not mean treating them with the human dignity they each deserve,” he told BBC Radio 4 today. “And I’m also not sure if there is any evidence that the whole hostile environmental policy of previous years has worked in the past.” Asked about criticism from senior bishops, Trash told Sky News: “I do not agree with that. The people who are immoral in this case are the traffickers of people who trade in human suffering. These people need to come up with an alternative policy that will work. Our policy is perfectly legal. it is absolutely moral. “What I say to policy critics, who have no alternative but to how we deal with this illegal immigration, is that they have no alternative, they criticize our policy, which is effective and works.” Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST Trash said the most important point would be to establish the principle that humans could be transported by plane to Rwanda. A significant number of asylum seekers who were told they would be put on the flight had their tickets canceled following successful appeals, including citing evidence of torture. “The really important thing is to establish the principle and start breaking the business model of these awful traffickers who trade in misery,” Tras said. “That’s why we follow this policy and that’s why it’s important that we fly today.” Asked if anyone could be on this flight, she said: “There will be people on the flight and if they are not on this flight, they will be on the next flight. I have no information. The important point is the beginning “. The policy has provoked widespread condemnation beyond the Church of England, where the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said he “could not stand the judgment of God.” Prince Charles is said to have privately described the plan as “disgusting”. Care4Calais, one of the charities that filed the failed legal action to stop the flight, said only seven migrants waiting to leave still had live tickets. Three more appeals filed by people facing dismissal are expected to be heard in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
