PM to publicly warn peers to back down but treatment of Afghans remains a concern for the Lords
Suellla Braverman, the former Conservative home secretary, restated her belief this morning that the government’s Rwanda bill won’t work. Braverman, who was sacked by Rishi Sunak partly because they disagreed over immigration policy, told the Today progamme:
Unfortunately I voted against the legislation because I think it’s fatally flawed. I don’t think it’s going to stop the boats, and that’s the test of its efficacy.
Braverman said all the government’s attempts to tackle illegal migration were being thwarted by human rights law.
I would love to have a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that’s my dream, it’s my obsession.
The prime minister has pledged to stop the boats. That’s what we owe the British people and that’s the test. I’m afraid this bill, as drafted, will not achieve that goal. It’s fatally flawed …
One flight here or there, with a few passengers on it, will not provide the deterrent effect that is necessary to break the people smuggling gangs, to send the message to the illegal migrants that it’s not worth getting on a dinghy in the first place because you’re not going to get a life in the UK.
Rwanda … has come back from the abyss, a country completely destroyed by the genocide.
It is absolutely extraordinary what the Rwandan government have achieved in all walks of life.
If the UNHCR thinks it’s right and proper and safe to do that, then I think we should be perfectly confident that the British government, in reaching the same conclusion, is also correct.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More PM to publicly warn peers to back down but treatment of Afghans remains a concern for the LordsSuellla Braverman, the former Conservative home secretary, restated her belief this morning that the government’s Rwanda bill won’t work. Braverman, who was sacked by Rishi Sunak partly because they disagreed over immigration policy, told the Today progamme:Unfortunately I voted against the legislation because I think it’s fatally flawed. I don’t think it’s going to stop the boats, and that’s the test of its efficacy.Braverman said all the government’s attempts to tackle illegal migration were being thwarted by human rights law.I would love to have a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that’s my dream, it’s my obsession.The prime minister has pledged to stop the boats. That’s what we owe the British people and that’s the test. I’m afraid this bill, as drafted, will not achieve that goal. It’s fatally flawed …One flight here or there, with a few passengers on it, will not provide the deterrent effect that is necessary to break the people smuggling gangs, to send the message to the illegal migrants that it’s not worth getting on a dinghy in the first place because you’re not going to get a life in the UK.Rwanda … has come back from the abyss, a country completely destroyed by the genocide.It is absolutely extraordinary what the Rwandan government have achieved in all walks of life.If the UNHCR thinks it’s right and proper and safe to do that, then I think we should be perfectly confident that the British government, in reaching the same conclusion, is also correct. Continue reading…
