Medical professionals must speak out about the inhumane forced removal of people seeking asylum

Six months ago the British government forced seven people seeking safety in the UK on to a plane to Rwanda. Following legal challenges, they were the only ones remaining of the 130 scheduled for deportation. As the plane readied for take off the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a 53-year old Iraqi man should be allowed to remain in the UK to conclude his ongoing legal challenge.1 This allowed for the remaining six people to be removed from the flight, that same evening. Once again, the government’s hostile policies caused chaos and harm to asylum seekers, many of whom had already suffered indescribable horrors. But ministers are undeterred. They still want to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda under the deceptively named UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership.2 And we in the BMA are saying “not in our name.” As doctors, committed to alleviating suffering, we…
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