Posted on 06/18/2022 4:52:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Some asylum claimants who arrived in the UK in small boats or in the back of lorries could be electronically tagged under a new Home Office trial.
A 12-month trial could apply to adults due to be removed from the UK after arriving via what the government calls "dangerous or unnecessary" routes.
Boris Johnson said it was important to "make sure asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country".
Critics say the plan treats those fleeing persecution as criminals.
The pilot comes days after the first flight taking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled following a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The first to be tagged will likely be people who successfully challenged their removal from that flight.
The prime minister told reporters on Saturday: "This is a very, very generous welcoming country... but when people come here illegally, when they break the law, it is important that we make that distinction.
"That is what we are doing with our Rwanda policy. That is what we are doing with making sure that asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Don’t we do such with animals and mammals we catch in the wild? /s
There you go, tag them like cattle. Maybe a brand. Humanity can’t get much worse than it is now.
Beta testing for use on the masses who may disagree with their government.
Just like the cattle are overseers see us as
The Left would love to use this tech on “white supremacists” and “domestic terrorists,” combined with a social credit score.
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