India, April 24 -- Following the United Kingdom Parliaments passage of the Safety of Rwanda bill, two top UN officials sounded an alarm on Tuesday about its harmful impact on global responsibility-sharing, human rights and refugee protection.

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Volker Trk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a joint statement calling on the UK Government to reconsider its plan to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda.

This arrangement seeks to shift responsibility for refugee protection, undermining international cooperation, Mr. Grandi added.

The new legislation marks a further step away from the UKs long tradition of providing refuge to those in need, in breach of the Refugee Conventi...