The UK Home Office has launched a trial to allow electronic monitoring of migrants entering the UK by boat or in the back of a truck, the report said. BBC Saturday. This is a one-year trial aimed at adults awaiting deportation.

Trials began on Thursday in England and Wales. The aim of this trial is to test whether electronic monitoring makes it easier to maintain regular contact with asylum seekers and to process their applications more effectively. In addition, the trial aims to collect data on the number of migrants who go into hiding after arriving in the UK.

Persons subjected to trial may be subject to a curfew. In addition, they can be imprisoned and punished if they do not comply with certain conditions.

Critics say the plan treats migrants as criminals. There are also concerns about the possible negative effects on their mental and physical health, especially if they have been victims of torture or modern slavery in the past.

Pregnant women and children were excluded from the experiment

It is not clear how the UK government decides who monitors them or not. It was determined that children and pregnant women were not followed. According to British media, the first group to be monitored is partly made up of asylum seekers who are actually going to be taken to Rwanda.

Britain signed an agreement with Rwanda in April to accept illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in the African country for a fee. In this way, London wants to prevent migrants from France from making the dangerous crossing into Britain, often in rickety boats and aided by people smugglers. However, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided this week to end this plan.