Sat 10 June 2022:
On Saturday, Britain’s Prince Charles has termed the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda “appalling,” as opponents prepare a last-ditch legal battle to stop the first flight.
The UK government plans to transport the first group of 31 claimants to Rwanda on Tuesday, just before Charles is scheduled to attend a Commonwealth summit in Kigali as a representative of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will also be present at the meeting, hailed his government’s success in a High Court decision on Friday, which approved the proposal.
“We cannot allow people traffickers to put lives at risk and our world-leading partnership will help break the business model of these ruthless criminals,” Johnson tweeted.
Charles, however, joined others including senior Christian clerics in denouncing the plan, and fears the issue could overshadow the Commonwealth summit on June 24-25, The Times reported.
“He said he was more than disappointed at the policy,” the newspaper quoted an unidentified source as saying.
“He said he thinks the government’s whole approach is appalling. It was clear he was not impressed with the government’s direction of travel,” the source added.
A spokesman for Charles declined to comment on private conversations, “except to restate that he remains politically neutral”.
“Matters of policy are decisions for government,” the spokesman added.
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