Under Mr Stamp’s proposal, the asylum procedures in Rwanda would be conducted under the supervision of the United Nations. “We currently have no third country that has come forward, with the exception of Rwanda,” he said in a podcast by Table Media, published on Thursday.
Mr Stamp, a member of the junior coalition FDP party whose position sits in Germany’s interior ministry, said this model would specifically target refugees crossing the EU’s eastern borders.
“My suggestion would be that we concentrate on this group. It’s about 10,000 people a year,” he said, dismissing broader proposals from the conservative opposition to apply such a model to all refugees.
Members of the opposition CDU party visited Rwanda nine months ago as part of their new policy to process migrants offshore in third party countries.
Leading CDU figures claimed the plans would deter migrants from attempting to cross the Mediterranean and argued that countries such as Rwanda would be willing to make deals.
A spokesman for Rwanda told The Telegraph the country would be open to discussing an asylum deal with Germany, saying: “Rwanda has been very public that they are happy to work with anyone on this who shares their desire to find a long-term solution to the migration issue.”
The German move has, however, sparked a backlash from senior Tory MPs involved in the Rwanda scheme while in Government.
James Cleverly, the shadow home secretary, said: “Labour’s first move in government was to scrap the Rwanda plan. Now Germany want to use the facilities we built. The only people who benefit from Labour’s reckless immigration policies are people-smugglers and the EU.”