Saturday, 16 April 2022 (YJC)_ Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry called the British government's announcement of a compulsory deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda an evasion of its international obligations and responsibilities, contrary to the spirit and text of the Refugee Convention.
Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, called the British government's announcement of a compulsory deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda an evasion of its international obligations and responsibilities. .
A State Department spokesman added:
In placing its responsibilities to asylum seekers in the hands of a third country, the British plan exposes refugees to violations of the rights set out in the asylum conventions and human rights treaties, and completely ignores human and moral considerations.
Khatibzadeh rejected the asylum seekers' commodification, acts of violence and degrading treatment that is contrary to human dignity, and referred to the hosting of millions of refugees by the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying:
The British government's plan to deport asylum seekers comes at a time when the United Kingdom and other Western countries have consistently ignored the Islamic Republic of Iran's efforts to manage and care for millions of refugees and asylum seekers.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman concluded:
The Islamic Republic of Iran has hosted millions of refugees, especially from neighboring Afghanistan, with considerable humanitarian and humanitarian considerations and has received minimal foreign assistance, which has been repeatedly praised and recognized by international refugee organizations.