LONDON
\nThe UK\u2019s controversial policy of deporting migrants to Rwanda could work and has already reduced the number of people leaving for Britain, two Iraqi people smugglers have told Sky News.
\nIf the policy is applied, \u201cpeople will back out from traveling to Britain and go to Europe instead,\u201d one of the people smugglers said.
\nLiz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the two remaining leadership candidates in the ruling Conservative Party, have both pledged to continue the policy if successful in their bids to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson following his resignation.
\nBut the policy has faced significant setbacks, with no migrants having been deported due to legal challenges.
\nThe Home Affairs Select Committee, a cross-party committee of MPs responsible for scrutinizing the work of the Home Office, this week said there is \u201cno clear evidence\u201d that the Rwanda policy will work, with chair Yvette Cooper slamming the program as a \u201cwaste of taxpayers\u2019 money.\u201d
\nA second smuggler told Sky News: \u201cOur young people have ambitions, but they have no money and their families can barely feed them. They want to have a life, a house and get married.
\n\u201cThat is why they risk their lives, and they choose Britain because they will have rights. But because of the Rwanda policy the number of people leaving (to the UK) has dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON The UK\u2019s controversial policy of deporting migrants to Rwanda could work and has already reduced the number of people leaving for Britain, two Iraqi people smugglers have told Sky News. If the policy is applied, \u201cpeople will back out from traveling to Britain and go to Europe instead,\u201d one of the people smugglers said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n