Last year the UK government proposed a scheme which would deport asylum-seekers who have entered the country illegally to their home countries or to have their asylum claims handled in Rwanda.

The first deportation flight was blocked by an injunction from the European Court of Human Rights. London’s High Court ruled in December that the scheme was legal, however human rights defenders are seeking to appeal it.

And just recently the government introduced the so called Illegal Migration Bill, which except for the controversial Rwanda deal proposes a series of measures to tackle migration to the UK, including detaining asylum seekers in military bases.

Guest of the episode: Katy Fallon

Host of the episode: Sonia Nandzik-Herman

Editing: Majid Bakhshi

Production, Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Douglas Herman, ReFOCUS Media Labs 

Music: ES_No Time for Fear - Christian Andersen on Epidemic Sound