Twig@sopuli.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoRishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before electionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkRishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before electionwww.theguardian.comTwig@sopuli.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI mean you could argue we (Brits) did it first by shipping people off to Australia as a deterrent.
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month 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.
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.
I mean you could argue we (Brits) did it first by shipping people off to Australia as a deterrent.
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.
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