The government has stated that the first asylum applicants might be airlifted to Rwanda from the United Kingdom within weeks.

It comes on the heels of the introduction of a pilot programme in which individuals will be flown to the east African country to seek refuge.

This strategy will initially target solitary persons crossing the Channel from France in boats or lorries.

The prime minister stated that it will “save countless lives” and disrupt the traffickers’ business model, but campaigners have dubbed the measure “inhumane.”

The proposed plan, according to Andrew Griffith MP, director of the No. 10 policy section, would not require new law and could be implemented under “existing conventions.”

He added that, if the flow of illegal migration could be stopped, it would leave “lots of capacity for the very generous safe and legal routes” into the UK.

Boris Johnson stated in a speech on Thursday that the agreement with Rwanda will allow “safe and legal routes for asylum.”

“Economic migrants taking advantage of the asylum system will not get to stay in the UK, while those with genuine need will be properly protected,” he said.

He stated that the scheme will apply to everybody who entered the UK unlawfully since the beginning of the year.

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