Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, the prime minister said that “liberal left-wing lawyers will try to achieve this [Rwanda deal] difficult”.
“We always knew that was going to happen,” he added. “I think it’s a humane, compassionate and sensible thing to do. I’m not going to tell you this will be without legal challenges…but we’ll get through it.”
The Law Society, which represents lawyers in England and Wales, said they “serve the rule of law and hold government accountable”.
President Stephanie Boyce said: “Anyone at risk of such a life-altering order has the right to challenge its legality with the assistance of a lawyer who has a duty to advise his client on his rights.
“It is misleading and dangerous for the Prime Minister to name lawyers who are doing their job and upholding the law.
“Attacks like this from the country’s top politician undermine the rule of law and can have real consequences.
“Britain’s international standing is underpinned by our reputation for democracy, fair play and the independence of our legal system.
“We should all be proud that we live in a country where legal rights cannot be overridden without due process.”
The Bar Council, which represents lawyers in England and Wales, said the government’s fact sheet on the Rwanda deal said that “anyone who is eligible for relocation will have access to legal advice”.
Chairman Mark Fenhalls QC added: “It is unclear who will make these decisions or what criteria they will use. But as the government acknowledges, the lawyers who provide legal advice in such cases will be fulfilling their professional duties. Attacks on men and women just for doing their job is irresponsible and undermines the rule of law.”
Theresa May clashes with Priti Patel over Rwanda’s asylum policy
Downing Street previously admitted that no date had been set for transfers to Rwanda to begin and that the process could take several months before the transfers begin.
The UN refugee agency has been vocal in its opposition to the deal, saying it “evades international obligations and violates the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention.”
Legal action by groups Care4Calais, Detention Action and the PCS public sector union – which represents Border Force and Home Office staff – began last week.
A preliminary letter criticized the Interior Ministry’s failure to disclose the criteria by which asylum seekers are sent to Rwanda, arguing the plans are unlawful and in breach of the Refugee Convention.
Separately, the charity Freedom From Torture has requested disclosure of the underlying policy documents and said it could pursue a judicial review action.
It seeks information on policies, risk assessments and documents related to cooperation between the UK and Rwandan governments.
“Lawyers act under the direction of their clients,” he added. “I did that, every lawyer does, and everyone has the right to have their case argued and their case presented.”
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>The Law Society
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>We comment on the prime minister’s attack on members of the legal profession who are challenging the government’s plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda 1/6…
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>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1522179964530999297.html
>I think it’s a humane, compassionate and sensible thing to do.
Who believes this when Boris and Patel are also telling us this will act a s a deterrent? If it’s so good as they say, it can’t possibly deter people, it’d actually be one of those pull factors they keep mentioning, and if it really is a deterrent, how can it be good for the asylum seekers?
Boris needs to shut the fuck up and leave Downing Street!! He’s an embarrassment and a liar who’s absolutely laughing at us (especially the mugs that voted for him)
> “We always knew that was going to happen,” he added. “I think it’s a humane, compassionate and sensible thing to do. I’m not going to tell you this will be without legal challenges…but we’ll get through it.”
As opposed to improving the asylum process to make it easier for individuals to be processed while here? I’d also say that ‘detention centres in Rwanda’ does not sound humane to my ears, the civil war may be over but that does not mean Rwanda is a great place to live. The government could easily have come up with a better solution than this, one that does involve shipping asylum seekers across the world and paying a foreign government to host them, they went down this route because they are concerned more about appearing tough on immigration than anything else.
Hypocrite Boris Johnson needed lawyers to help him fill in a questionnaire on Partygate ffs!
So wanting the government to follow the rule of law is only something the liberal left care about? How insulting to those on the right who also care about such things.
Johnson is a hack journalist in a commons where a lot of MPs are lawyers. Starmer is a barrister who rips Johnson’s childish piffle to shreds every time they clash
Johnson is out of his depth. A Lunchtime O’Booze hack from the Street of Shame (see eyes passim) who thinks the Daily Telegraph is his real boss.
Same bloody nonsense about the challenges to prorogation and lack of Brexit ‘deal’ debate.
He’s an authoritarian arse.
A comment which muggles racism, stupidity, tyranny and illegality in one hateful attack on democracy. Feed the base!
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Association warns of ‘real-life consequences’ after string over government attacks over asylum and migration
*Lizzie Dearden, Home Affairs Editor.* May 5, 2022
Boris Johnson‘s fresh attack on lawyers about shipping attempts Asylum seekers to Rwanda was condemned as “misleading and dangerous”.
A legal body warned of “real consequences” of the government’s repeated attacks on the legal profession.
A man is due to stand trial later this year accused of plotting an attempted assassination of an immigration lawyer [Terrorist attack on a London law firm](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/terror-plot-law-firm-migrants-medlock-b1980739.html).
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, the prime minister said that “liberal left-wing lawyers will try to achieve this [Rwanda deal] difficult”.
“We always knew that was going to happen,” he added. “I think it’s a humane, compassionate and sensible thing to do. I’m not going to tell you this will be without legal challenges…but we’ll get through it.”
The Law Society, which represents lawyers in England and Wales, said they “serve the rule of law and hold government accountable”.
President Stephanie Boyce said: “Anyone at risk of such a life-altering order has the right to challenge its legality with the assistance of a lawyer who has a duty to advise his client on his rights.
“It is misleading and dangerous for the Prime Minister to name lawyers who are doing their job and upholding the law.
“Attacks like this from the country’s top politician undermine the rule of law and can have real consequences.
“Britain’s international standing is underpinned by our reputation for democracy, fair play and the independence of our legal system.
“We should all be proud that we live in a country where legal rights cannot be overridden without due process.”
The Bar Council, which represents lawyers in England and Wales, said the government’s fact sheet on the Rwanda deal said that “anyone who is eligible for relocation will have access to legal advice”.
Chairman Mark Fenhalls QC added: “It is unclear who will make these decisions or what criteria they will use. But as the government acknowledges, the lawyers who provide legal advice in such cases will be fulfilling their professional duties. Attacks on men and women just for doing their job is irresponsible and undermines the rule of law.”
Theresa May clashes with Priti Patel over Rwanda’s asylum policy
Downing Street previously admitted that no date had been set for transfers to Rwanda to begin and that the process could take several months before the transfers begin.
The UN refugee agency has been vocal in its opposition to the deal, saying it “evades international obligations and violates the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention.”
Legal action by groups Care4Calais, Detention Action and the PCS public sector union – which represents Border Force and Home Office staff – began last week.
A preliminary letter criticized the Interior Ministry’s failure to disclose the criteria by which asylum seekers are sent to Rwanda, arguing the plans are unlawful and in breach of the Refugee Convention.
Separately, the charity Freedom From Torture has requested disclosure of the underlying policy documents and said it could pursue a judicial review action.
It seeks information on policies, risk assessments and documents related to cooperation between the UK and Rwandan governments.
That’s what Prime Ministers and Home Ministers [did several public attacks on lawyers](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-priti-patel-human-rights-lawyers-b838216.html) since 2020 regularly on migration and asylum issues.
In November, the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett of Maldon, who is the most senior judge in England and Wales, [said all lawyers were subject to the law](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/priti-patel-lawyers-lord-chief-justice-b1962950.html), professional obligations and codes of conduct, and must “faithfully argue the case they have been instructed to argue”.
“Lawyers act under the direction of their clients,” he added. “I did that, every lawyer does, and everyone has the right to have their case argued and their case presented.”
Add:
>The Law Society
>
>We comment on the prime minister’s attack on members of the legal profession who are challenging the government’s plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda 1/6…
>
>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1522179964530999297.html
and:
>[HuffPot: Boris Johnson’s Critics Spot Legal Problem With Rwanda Plan](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-legal-challenge-to-rwanda-plane_uk_6273a5f9e4b0b7c8f0805e5f)
>I think it’s a humane, compassionate and sensible thing to do.
Who believes this when Boris and Patel are also telling us this will act a s a deterrent? If it’s so good as they say, it can’t possibly deter people, it’d actually be one of those pull factors they keep mentioning, and if it really is a deterrent, how can it be good for the asylum seekers?
Boris needs to shut the fuck up and leave Downing Street!! He’s an embarrassment and a liar who’s absolutely laughing at us (especially the mugs that voted for him)
> “We always knew that was going to happen,” he added. “I think it’s a humane, compassionate and sensible thing to do. I’m not going to tell you this will be without legal challenges…but we’ll get through it.”
As opposed to improving the asylum process to make it easier for individuals to be processed while here? I’d also say that ‘detention centres in Rwanda’ does not sound humane to my ears, the civil war may be over but that does not mean Rwanda is a great place to live. The government could easily have come up with a better solution than this, one that does involve shipping asylum seekers across the world and paying a foreign government to host them, they went down this route because they are concerned more about appearing tough on immigration than anything else.
Hypocrite Boris Johnson needed lawyers to help him fill in a questionnaire on Partygate ffs!
So wanting the government to follow the rule of law is only something the liberal left care about? How insulting to those on the right who also care about such things.
Johnson is a hack journalist in a commons where a lot of MPs are lawyers. Starmer is a barrister who rips Johnson’s childish piffle to shreds every time they clash
Johnson is out of his depth. A Lunchtime O’Booze hack from the Street of Shame (see eyes passim) who thinks the Daily Telegraph is his real boss.
Same bloody nonsense about the challenges to prorogation and lack of Brexit ‘deal’ debate.
He’s an authoritarian arse.
A comment which muggles racism, stupidity, tyranny and illegality in one hateful attack on democracy. Feed the base!