LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Charles has spoken in private conversations as “appalling” of the British government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, the Times and Daily Mail reported on Saturday.
As part of a “partnership” concluded in April between London and Kigali, anyone who arrived illegally in Britain since January 1 could be relocated to Rwanda.
A first flight carrying migrants to the Central African country is due to take place on Tuesday, an appeal filed by lawyers having been rejected by the courts on Friday.
Prince Charles “declared himself more than disappointed by this policy,” a source told The Times daily. “He said he thought the government’s overall approach was appalling.”
The heir to the British crown fears in particular that this controversial policy will weigh on the holding in Rwanda of a meeting of the Commonwealth at the end of June, where he will represent his mother Queen Elizabeth II.
A spokesperson for Charles did not deny that the latter was able to express personal opinions in private, while recalling that the prince was bound by political neutrality.
(Report Andrew MacAskill, French version Jean-Stéphane Brosse)
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