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go rwanda. why you go rwanda? rwanda. one country. why do you go rwanda? yeah. yes. everybody is scared about rwanda. everybody is not right about this. everybody say that it's not right. if i come from my country to your country, why you send me another country , you send me another country, another country. different language, different legend , language, different legend, different everything. why >> so it was revealed today that deportation flights could be set to take off in just six weeks. but from day one of a labour government, the deterrent would government, the deterrent would 9° up government, the deterrent would go up in smoke. government, the deterrent would go up in smoke . starmer says go up in smoke. starmer says that the tories are currently offering a cinderella service at our borders, but labour are at it as well. and this plan to stop the boats is the stuff of fairy tales. well, let's get the thoughts of my panel . joining thoughts of my panel. joining me, former bbc chief political correspondent john sergeant, political commentators joana jaflu
go rwanda. why you go rwanda? rwanda. one country. why do you go rwanda? yeah. yes. everybody is scared about rwanda. everybody is not right about this. everybody say that it's not right. if i come from my country to your country, why you send me another country , you send me another country, another country. different language, different legend , language, different legend, different everything. why >> so it was revealed today that deportation flights could be set to take off in just six...
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it| year by y the rwanda scheme. it would _ year by y the rwanda scheme. it would be — year by y the rwanda scheme. it would be cheaper— year by y the rwanda scheme. it would be cheaper to— year by y the rwanda scheme. it would be cheaper to send - year by y the rwanda scheme. it would be cheaper to send all- year by y the rwanda scheme. it i would be cheaper to send all these people _ would be cheaper to send all these people that — would be cheaper to send all these people that covered _ would be cheaper to send all these people that covered by— would be cheaper to send all these people that covered by rwanda - would be cheaper to send all these people that covered by rwanda toi people that covered by rwanda to send them — people that covered by rwanda to send them to _ people that covered by rwanda to send them to paris— people that covered by rwanda to send them to paris to _ people that covered by rwanda to send them to paris to put - people that covered by rwanda to send them to paris to put them i people that covered by rwanda to| send
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that has declared rwanda a safe country-— a safe country. declaring something safe doesn't — a safe country. declaring something safe doesn't make _ a safe country. declaring something safe doesn't make it _ a safe country. declaring something safe doesn't make it safe. _ a safe country. declaring something safe doesn't make it safe. i - a safe country. declaring something safe doesn't make it safe. i could i safe doesn�*t make it safe. i could declare the world is made of cheese, does not make it so. the government is not being honest and truthful here. unfortunately, it has legislated and got it through parliament to say that rwanda is a safe country. it�*s not. we know it is not, because the uk has accepted asylum seekers from rwanda in recent years. so it is clearly not.— years. so it is clearly not. andrew fisher, years. so it is clearly not. andrew fisher. thank _ years. so it is clearly not. andrew fisher, thank you _ years. so it is clearly not. andrew fisher, thank you for _ years. so it is clearly not. andrew fisher, thank
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yes, because of rwanda. but one person did opt to go to rwanda. yes, they did volunteer . rwanda. yes, they did volunteer. >> right, okay. >> right, okay. >> and that is a scheme that's been open to a lot of, you know, it's open and you get three grand. it's a resettlement scheme and lots of people do take up those sort of offers . take up those sort of offers. >> but i take it that that guy didn't go on a plane on his own or the woman, whoever it was, i don't know their gender, but because the planes are costing, i don't know the figure, but apparently the planes that haven't taken out. so is this just one person? >> one person is gone. they've accepted a voluntary sort of scheme, which they've been given a ticket. but of course, the rwanda scheme is now i mean, i don't know whether you saw it. the police all sort of rounding up a around a property and then getting a load of migrants from that property and bundling them into the police van very politely. obviously, it wasn't aggressive or anything, but they are going to be potentially sent to rwanda, some of those people. >> so t
yes, because of rwanda. but one person did opt to go to rwanda. yes, they did volunteer . rwanda. yes, they did volunteer. >> right, okay. >> right, okay. >> and that is a scheme that's been open to a lot of, you know, it's open and you get three grand. it's a resettlement scheme and lots of people do take up those sort of offers . take up those sort of offers. >> but i take it that that guy didn't go on a plane on his own or the woman, whoever it was, i don't know their...
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50. safe, because of rwanda policy? so, not uuite. safe, because of rwanda policy? 5p, not quite. what the irish court said was that the common travel agreement which has been in place since 1922. the returns agreement? trio. which has been in place since 1922. the returns agreement?— the returns agreement? no, the common travel— the returns agreement? no, the common travel agreement - the returns agreement? no, the common travel agreement that l the returns agreement? no, the i common travel agreement that was the returns agreement? no, the - common travel agreement that was put in in 1922. that lasted until ireland and the ukjoined in in 1922. that lasted until ireland and the uk joined the in in 1922. that lasted until ireland and the ukjoined the eu and thenit ireland and the ukjoined the eu and then it became different. when britain exited the eu, ireland and the uk renegotiated that travel agreement. so we are different in terms of there is an ireland/uk relationship and connection and there is a uk/eu relationship and they're not the same thing. there is a danger in thi
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we're very much setting him up for a good life in rwanda . life in rwanda. >> well, rwanda is a beautiful place and i'm sure he'll have a lovely life. i've visited and i've had a look and seen different schemes out there myself . so, i don't think myself. so, i don't think anybody needs to give me £3,000 to go out there, but that's beside the point. the we have a rafe a big issue in our country. there are many, many parts of the country that are not comfortable, having inward immigration. and if this is part of whether it's our aid money or whatever, helping those countries and helping people set themselves back up over there, then that is absolutely fine, because if you can help with, businesses and jobs and employment and the economy in the area , then that is what our the area, then that is what our aid money ought to be doing, in my opinion. now, of course , this my opinion. now, of course, this is one case of voluntary repatriation. >> it happens to be the first case of someone going to rwanda . case of someone going to rwanda. but what we've learned this lunchtime is now there is d
we're very much setting him up for a good life in rwanda . life in rwanda. >> well, rwanda is a beautiful place and i'm sure he'll have a lovely life. i've visited and i've had a look and seen different schemes out there myself . so, i don't think myself. so, i don't think anybody needs to give me £3,000 to go out there, but that's beside the point. the we have a rafe a big issue in our country. there are many, many parts of the country that are not comfortable, having inward...
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in terms of the rwanda deal 4th. in terms of the rwanda deal. if you get flights off or not, at least you don't. then have to prove to the electorate before any election that the deterrent has actually worked. it would be clearly very difficult for the government. indeed if we got to a case in, say, november and election being called, then when many flights had left for rwanda and you were still having thousands of people coming across the channel, that would be a very difficult position that the government would find itself in. so there are some advantages , liz, in are some advantages, liz, in going early, but in no flights taking off before the election. election at all. it allows the likes of yvette cooper, as i say to save what she just told you guys about an hour or so ago when she said, effectively, the rwanda plan is just a con. this is what she said. >> problem with the rwanda scheme is this is half £1 billion of taxpayers money for a scheme that was only ever going to cover around 1% of asylum seekers. no plan for the 99. the reason t
in terms of the rwanda deal 4th. in terms of the rwanda deal. if you get flights off or not, at least you don't. then have to prove to the electorate before any election that the deterrent has actually worked. it would be clearly very difficult for the government. indeed if we got to a case in, say, november and election being called, then when many flights had left for rwanda and you were still having thousands of people coming across the channel, that would be a very difficult position that...
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it's rishi deported to rwanda. it's rishi sunak stop the boats policy finally working , sunak stop the boats policy finally working, or is this just a government pr stunt ahead of tomorrow's local elections and it comes as more than 1700 migrants cross the english channelin migrants cross the english channel in small boats in just over one week. is the scale of the problem simply getting unmanageable ? and the 14 year unmanageable? and the 14 year old boy tragically killed in yesterday's sword attack in hainault has been named as daniel anjorin. his school has paid tribute to a much loved pupil . and in another stabbing pupil. and in another stabbing attack, three people have been injured and a 17 year old arrested for attempted murder at arrested for attempted murder at a school in sheffield . that's a school in sheffield. that's all coming up in your next hour. thanks for joining all coming up in your next hour. thanks forjoining me on the thanks for joining me on the show. always a delight to have your company.
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you can't being sent to rwanda. you can't claim one aspect as a deterrent yet the other aspect, clearly it's too early to say that it's a deterrent or not. >> and mark wyatt, another couple of grim milestones amidst all of this. that now brings us to 45,000 arrivals by small boats. since rishi sunak became prime minister and 10,000 since james cleverly became the home secretary. it never rains, but it pours. >> well, indeed. and what this actually does as well, with these record arrivals yesterday , these record arrivals yesterday, is it pushes the number of migrants who've come across since the 1st of january to more than 8200, a third up on where we were last year and what that does. martin is it effectively cancels out the gains that we saw last year when the government said that the small boats policy was behind the reduction in the numbers crossing the channel, they were very pleased to announce that the number of migrants crossing the number of migrants crossing the channel had dropped by a third. well, now ,
you can't being sent to rwanda. you can't claim one aspect as a deterrent yet the other aspect, clearly it's too early to say that it's a deterrent or not. >> and mark wyatt, another couple of grim milestones amidst all of this. that now brings us to 45,000 arrivals by small boats. since rishi sunak became prime minister and 10,000 since james cleverly became the home secretary. it never rains, but it pours. >> well, indeed. and what this actually does as well, with these record...
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and that is what the act of rwanda upturns for them . act of rwanda upturns for them. it makes us nasty, does it? >> that story, which i also heard was desperately tragic. yes. but isn't the conclusion that you have to stop the people traffickers, that those are the ones safe passage? they are the ones safe passage? they are the ones who are responsible. they're the ones who allowed this little girl, seven year old girl, to die because they overloaded the boat. they took money from these people and they had no duty of care. and that if we stop people coming on the boats, then we save lives. and to do that, you have to do things that make the lives of the people traffickers is bonkers. >> it's blue cheese, bonkers to suggest that the possible spectre of rwanda, because very few people are going to go, even people who believe in the act don't think it's more of a symbolic deterrent than a real deterrent. if you think that that will stop people who are so desperate, they take their seven year olds on dinghies into the deep, dark blue sea. >> thought they'd get to the unit
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it's after in rwanda yesterday. it's after his asylum bid was rejected last year and he voluntarily agreed to move to the central african nafion to move to the central african nation , receiving £3,000. this nation, receiving £3,000. this scheme is said to be separate to a forced deportation programme due to start in july. labour has criticised the move, accusing the government of being desperate to get any flight to rwanda before the local elections. business and trade secretary kemi badenoch said the scheme is working. >> i think we should remember that we're spending £8 million a day on this issue. that is not something that is sustainable. we have to deal with it. people said the rwanda scheme wouldn't work . they tried to say that it work. they tried to say that it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country , we wasn't a safe country, we wouldn't have people volunteering to go. this shows that the scheme is working. people go to rwanda on hol
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the rwanda asylum newsroom. the rwanda asylum policy will end under labour with sir keir starmer describing the scheme as an absolute waste of money. the party leader, who's in kent, says he wants to create a border security command to tackle the small boat crisis. sir keir unveiled proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists. labour says it'll spend £75 million on the plan if it wins the next general election, the equivalent of what would have been spent sending migrants to rwanda for a year. >> britain can do better, labour will do better. we will end this farce. we will restore serious government to our borders and tackle this problem at source and replace the rwanda policy permanently . and today we launch permanently. and today we launch our plan to do that , a new our plan to do that, a new approach to small boat crossings that will secure britain's borders, prevent the exploitation by tackling it upstream and smash the criminal smuggling
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i believe in his rwanda plan. i think that's been clear from this morning, because he's not going to get any flights off. i think that tells its own story. i don't think he's ever believed that plan is going to work. and so he's called an election early enough to have it not tested before the election. we have to deal with the terrible loss of control of the border under this government. we have to tackle the small boats that are coming across. nobody, but nobody should be making that journey . should be making that journey. >> meanwhile, lib dems leader sir ed davey says the conservatives are out of touch . conservatives are out of touch. >> for far too long, people across the united kingdom have been let down and taken for granted by this conservative government and this out of touch conservative party >> but with this election, we have the chance to win the change. >> our country so desperate needs. >> in scotland, first minister john swinney says most voters want to see the back of what he called the disaster
i believe in his rwanda plan. i think that's been clear from this morning, because he's not going to get any flights off. i think that tells its own story. i don't think he's ever believed that plan is going to work. and so he's called an election early enough to have it not tested before the election. we have to deal with the terrible loss of control of the border under this government. we have to tackle the small boats that are coming across. nobody, but nobody should be making that journey ....
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. >> talking about rwanda , the >> talking about rwanda, the home office seems to have lost a load of people that were earmarked for removal. people are going across into ireland, etc. and there's going to be legal challenges and some of your own ex—ministers thinks you're never you're never going to get flights off the ground. are you still saying you're going to get regular flights going to get regular flights going through the summer ? and if going through the summer? and if so, how many people do you think you can send before the election? >> well, i do believe that that's what we will do. and i set out very comprehensively all the preparations that we've put in place to make that possible this summer. i'm not going to get into the specific operational detail because we don't want to compromise the integrity of those operations, but we've trained hundreds of caseworkers , secured an caseworkers, secured an airfield, booked planes, have escorts , identified the cohort. escorts, identified the cohort. so all that work is ongoing so that we can not just get the first flight off in
. >> talking about rwanda , the >> talking about rwanda, the home office seems to have lost a load of people that were earmarked for removal. people are going across into ireland, etc. and there's going to be legal challenges and some of your own ex—ministers thinks you're never you're never going to get flights off the ground. are you still saying you're going to get regular flights going to get regular flights going through the summer ? and if going through the summer? and if...
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and that is what the act of rwanda upturns for them . act of rwanda upturns for them. it makes us nasty, does it? >> that story, which i also heard was desperately tragic. yes. but isn't the conclusion that you have to stop the people traffickers, that those are the ones safe passage? they are the ones safe passage? they are the ones who are responsible. they're the ones who allowed this little girl, seven year old girl, to die because they overloaded the boat. they took money from these people and they had no duty of care. and that if we stop people coming on the boats, then we save lives. and to do that, you have to do things that make the lives of the people traffickers is bonkers. >> it's blue cheese, bonkers to suggest that the possible spectre of rwanda, because very few people are going to go, even people who believe in the act don't think it's more of a symbolic deterrent than a real deterrent. if you think that that will stop people who are so desperate, they take their seven year olds on dinghies into the deep, dark blue sea. >> thought they'd get to the unit
and that is what the act of rwanda upturns for them . act of rwanda upturns for them. it makes us nasty, does it? >> that story, which i also heard was desperately tragic. yes. but isn't the conclusion that you have to stop the people traffickers, that those are the ones safe passage? they are the ones safe passage? they are the ones who are responsible. they're the ones who allowed this little girl, seven year old girl, to die because they overloaded the boat. they took money from these...
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| after rwanda before the election? will you bring them back? - after rwanda before the election? will you bring them back? we - after rwanda before the election? will you bring them back?- will you bring them back? we will scra the will you bring them back? we will scrap the scheme _ will you bring them back? we will scrap the scheme but _ will you bring them back? we will scrap the scheme but we - will you bring them back? we will scrap the scheme but we are - will you bring them back? we will scrap the scheme but we are not i scrap the scheme but we are not interested in ringing people back. we will scrap the scheme and focus on the command and the powers i have set out this morning. stop clearly. a lot of the plants you set out today— a lot of the plants you set out today are _ a lot of the plants you set out today are pinned _ a lot of the plants you set out today are pinned on _ a lot of the plants you set out today are pinned on the - a lot of the plants you set outi today are pinned on the labour a lot of the plants you set out - today are pinned on the labour party hopi
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. -- rwanda. they will go up significantly faster and _ going up. -- rwanda. they will go up significantly faster and further - significantly faster and further under this halfhearted, poorly thought through labour plan. the point i'm making about rwanda is if people arrive here from countries where we don't have a return agreement or where we can return them to he will inevitably have to grant in amnesty because the safer country, rwanda he would've taken off the table. he was asked about the he dodged the question. unless he is going to have a return agreement with the taliban or return agreement with the taliban or return agreement with the taliban or return agreement with asad or a return agreement with asad or a return agreement with asad or a return agreement with tehran. he's going to have to grant amnesty. and the point that we've made is this halfhearted, poorly thought through, pale imitation of what is already in place but without the deterrent of rwanda will inevitably see numbers go up. his proposals will make the uk the asylum capital of the worl
. -- rwanda. they will go up significantly faster and _ going up. -- rwanda. they will go up significantly faster and further - significantly faster and further under this halfhearted, poorly thought through labour plan. the point i'm making about rwanda is if people arrive here from countries where we don't have a return agreement or where we can return them to he will inevitably have to grant in amnesty because the safer country, rwanda he would've taken off the table. he was asked about the...
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now, the rwanda detentions are beginning today. the home office has released footage of the detention of illegal migrants earmarked for removal to rwanda. could the scheme be finally getting off the ground .7 we'll getting off the ground? we'll speak to the one and only nigel farage. live from the united states. and speaking of the united states campus protests from coast to coast, violent clashes have erupted within large pro—palestinian demonstrations and occupations across multiple states. riot police have been called in as serious disorder worsens, will be live at one such protest and brexit border chaos as this week's imposition of eu import border checks that brexiteers did not want to implement has sent heads spinning and we speak to the ceo of the fresh produce consortium , who believes that consortium, who believes that there was another way through this , all of that to come on the this, all of that to come on the program just after your news update with ray anderson . update with ray anderson. >> thanks, tom. good even
now, the rwanda detentions are beginning today. the home office has released footage of the detention of illegal migrants earmarked for removal to rwanda. could the scheme be finally getting off the ground .7 we'll getting off the ground? we'll speak to the one and only nigel farage. live from the united states. and speaking of the united states campus protests from coast to coast, violent clashes have erupted within large pro—palestinian demonstrations and occupations across multiple states....
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at least that's the rwanda scheme working. no, no, no, absolutely . no, absolutely. >> it's the other way around. it's, the migrants haven't found a way . i'm it's, the migrants haven't found a way. i'm sorry, i should say asylum seekers haven't found a way around the rwanda scheme because instead of applying for asylum in the uk, you apply for asylum in the uk, you apply for asylum in. in ireland, you wait until you are recognised as refugee and then you can freely move within the uk. >> now a lot of people will be asking why on earth are people that are turned down time and time again in eu countries? they're then trying to get across to the uk. why is our system , so much more lax? on the system, so much more lax? on the face of it than many european countries? >> i would disagree with this. i don't think it's much more, easier to come here. and the rules are actually, much stricter . right? so, for stricter. right? so, for instance, just to give you an idea, i'll just give you the idea, i'll just give you the idea, the per
at least that's the rwanda scheme working. no, no, no, absolutely . no, absolutely. >> it's the other way around. it's, the migrants haven't found a way . i'm it's, the migrants haven't found a way. i'm sorry, i should say asylum seekers haven't found a way around the rwanda scheme because instead of applying for asylum in the uk, you apply for asylum in the uk, you apply for asylum in. in ireland, you wait until you are recognised as refugee and then you can freely move within the uk....
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in rwanda, raising the number to but in us dollars _ rwanda, raising the number to but in us dollars is — rwanda, raising the number to but in us dollars is a similarity there in the united — us dollars is a similarity there in the united states to the incredible vast sums— the united states to the incredible vast sums of money that are spent on border_ vast sums of money that are spent on border control on the southern hordeh — border control on the southern border. americans look at all that money— border. americans look at all that money being spent and they wonder, what are _ money being spent and they wonder, what are they getting for that investment. what is the actual payoff— investment. what is the actual payoff when it does seem as if a migration— payoff when it does seem as if a migration as only slowed or stalled but not _ migration as only slowed or stalled but not stopped. donald trump, every day this— but not stopped. donald trump, every day this is— but not stopped. donald trump, every day this is the top topic in the united — day this is the top to
in rwanda, raising the number to but in us dollars _ rwanda, raising the number to but in us dollars is — rwanda, raising the number to but in us dollars is a similarity there in the united — us dollars is a similarity there in the united states to the incredible vast sums— the united states to the incredible vast sums of money that are spent on border_ vast sums of money that are spent on border control on the southern hordeh — border control on the southern border. americans look at...
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government's plans to sent asylum-seekers to rwanda? good evenina. asylum-seekers to rwanda? good evening. thank _ asylum-seekers to rwanda? good evening. thank you _ asylum-seekers to rwanda? good evening. thank you for _ asylum—seekers to rwanda? (emf. evening. thank you for having me on. i think the big picture is that following on from this judgment we would currently have two systems of immigration. one where the immigration. one where the immigration act applies and one where it does not. within the united kingdom where there often are no internal immigration checks that creates a great headache because he of people traversing a cross between northern ireland and britain all the time. one of the aims of the illegal immigration act was for people to go elsewhere. so last week the uk government was quite pleased at the possibility and it is still a possibility and it is still a possibility that people are going to dublin for instance. what will probably follow from this, we will have to see how it plays out, it is instead going to dublin people might go as far as belfas
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he argues the rwanda policy will provide that. it's worth saying, as we know, no flights to rwanda have taken off. the government was hoping to get the first flights injuly. the government was hoping to get the first flights in july.— first flights in july. the question is, how different _ first flights in july. the question is, how different is _ first flights in july. the question is, how different is what - first flights in july. the question is, how different is what sir - first flights in july. the question is, how different is what sir keir starmer is likely to set out to what is already in place?— is already in place? well, what are james cleverly. — is already in place? well, what are james cleverly, the _ is already in place? well, what are james cleverly, the home - is already in place? well, what are i james cleverly, the home secretary, argues is that the government was doing a lot of what labour say they will do. labour, on the other hand, say they would boost a lot of the powers to tackle people smuggling gangs
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labour saying they would scrap the rwanda scheme, the plan to send those arriving in small boats to rwanda. laboursaid those arriving in small boats to rwanda. labour said they would take a law enforcement approach, implementing our border security command. sir keir starmer characterise the rwanda scheme is a series of gimmicks that wouldn't tackle the problem. he pointed to other ideas like a wave machine in the channel that appeared in newspapers that didn't make it into policy. he said the rwanda scheme is just another in the latest series of gimmicks. he was asked afterwards how many small boats his supporters security command would tackle, how many the numbers crossing would produce. we didn't give a specific figure, saying he would look to reduce the numbers, but didn't put a number on it, saying his scheme would stop small crossings. sir keir starmer made a lot in a speech about how he would improve asylum processing in the uk by putting more funding into it, by hiring new caseworkers, to process those who are in the uk trying to claim asylum. he said they would be processed more qu
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on the rwanda front. and let's speak now to our northern lie—in reporter dougie beattie dougie, welcome to the show. you're live in county down. yesterday we were astonished when this was announced during the show. and we just said, as sure as night follows day , surely what will follows day, surely what will happen to northern ireland is what happens to the republic. asylum seekers will pour in there because they won't be fearful of being deported. and the big question is, dougie, what planet are these people on and how have the locals taken it? >> well, two things to that, martin. number one is i have questioned this for quite a while . the protocol went into while. the protocol went into place, and i do believe that judge humphreys is partially right in his reading of this bill, because article two of the protocol says that eu law can supersede uk law , and that was supersede uk law, and that was meant to be just for the movement of goods. but then northern ireland assembly collapsed because unionist
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of the rwanda act, so this one is heading back to the courts. that news coming in now coming will back with the headlines in just a coming will back with the headlines injust a moment coming will back with the headlines in just a moment or two. hello there. the weather this afternoon is looking, well, a bit half and half, really. warm sunshine for east scotland and parts of eastern england. the day's top temperatures could reach 25 into parts of east anglia. different story further west with cloud and rain. and for some, temperatures really struggle — might only see highs of 13 degrees underneath this curl of cloud associated with low pressure to the south west. and it's notjust cloud. we're looking at some persistent rain getting in across parts of south—west england, wales and northern ireland. 20 to 30 millimetres. could see double that over the high ground. so we may well see one or two areas of localised flooding and it's a particularly slow moving band of rain. so chances are, if you have the rain already it's going to be with you thro
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you are scrapping the rwanda scheme but 15 european countries — rwanda scheme but 15 european countries have said they need to look— countries have said they need to look at _ countries have said they need to look at things like safe third countries, and your border security command _ countries, and your border security command is— countries, and your border security command is not going to be enough. why do— command is not going to be enough. why do you _ command is not going to be enough. why do you think you are going to succeed _ why do you think you are going to succeed while the government has failed? _ succeed while the government has failed? ., ' i: :: :: :: succeed while the government has failed? ., ' :: :: :: :: , succeed while the government has failed? ., ':: 11:11: , ., ., failed? that 10,000 figure is now a record so far _ failed? that 10,000 figure is now a record so far this _ failed? that 10,000 figure is now a record so far this year. _ failed? that 10,000 figure is now a record so far this year. that - failed? that 10,000 figure is now a record so far this year
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look, you've covered extensively on gb news this rwanda safety rwanda bill. it ping pong between parliament. it ping pong between parliament. it is now the law. the civil servants job is to carry out. this is absolutely unbelievable . this is absolutely unbelievable. having faced down the house of lords, rishi sunak is now going to have to face down his politicised civil service and we're paying their wages and we're paying their wages and we're paying their wages and we're paying it's taxpayers. it's unconscionable. there is no case for the civil service trying to block this legislation i >> rebecca, what do you think of this? depher? >> i mean, i think they're union objects to it for a reason, and i think they feel they're being put in a position where they're obuged put in a position where they're obliged to carry out something that either would be immoral or illegal or in, in, opposition to what their contract stipulates, and therefore , that's the and therefore, that's the union's job. >> okay, look , there's a reason >> okay, look, there's a reason why
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the rwanda strategy actually is. ~ ., , ., what the rwanda strategy actually is. i think what people want to something _ is. i think what people want to something that's _ is. i think what people want to something that's going - is. i think what people want to something that's going to - is. i think what people want to | something that's going to work is. i think what people want to - something that's going to work and something that�*s going to work and this rwanda plan is costing half a billion. the two and a half years they�*ve been working on this and they�*ve been working on this and they�*ve already been writing hundreds of millions of pounds in cheques to rwanda for a scheme that was only ever going to cover a few hundred people. more people are arriving in a day than they were planning send to rwanda in a year. covering less than i% of asylum seekers with no plan for the 99%. that�*s the problem. they had a scheme that wasn�*t working, they can put out press releases about it but ultimately it would have unravelled over the summer and that�*s
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i know you think the rwanda plan can work , but the rwanda plan can work, but the rwanda plan can work, but the idea that somehow we're giving leadership to the rest of europe is that really credible ? europe is that really credible? >> well, nigel, this is a very complicated situation . you know, complicated situation. you know, no country, no democracy has been able to tackle this problem of illegal immigration, and a satisfactory manner. but the fact of the matter is, the uk is leading the way. we can take it from the austrian prime minister who described the rwanda scheme as a pioneering initiative . we as a pioneering initiative. we now have 15 european countries out of 29 that want to replicate the scheme. one way or another. many are looking at it and these aren't the usual kind of suspect countries. you know, you have countries. you know, you have countries like finland and denmark and even across the pond in the united states, you have trump, the trump administration also looking at a similar scheme. now, i've always held the belief that this is the only scheme that's going to
i know you think the rwanda plan can work , but the rwanda plan can work, but the rwanda plan can work, but the idea that somehow we're giving leadership to the rest of europe is that really credible ? europe is that really credible? >> well, nigel, this is a very complicated situation . you know, complicated situation. you know, no country, no democracy has been able to tackle this problem of illegal immigration, and a satisfactory manner. but the fact of the matter is, the uk is leading...
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and that's the rwanda policy. and labour don't have an answer for that, because what they're saying is they'll come into this country, they will have destroyed their , their, destroyed their, their, passports. so actually labour would keep them in the uk because they couldn't send them anywhere . and that's why you anywhere. and that's why you need rwanda. >> because emily, the labour party hasn't signed any or doesn't want to sign any deals with third countries. what do you do if you have an asylum seeker who's come to the uk, who has no right to be in the uk, but can't go back to their original country? where where do you send them to if you don't have a rwanda type deal? >> remember that rwanda only deals with 200 people and that yes, it does. true and that 200 and i think 36 people arrived yesterday. so it's not an answer, right? it's not an answer. >> the government denies that it's 200 people. the government says it wants to send. >> it's unlimited now . yes. >> it's unlimited now. yes. >> it's unlimited now
and that's the rwanda policy. and labour don't have an answer for that, because what they're saying is they'll come into this country, they will have destroyed their , their, destroyed their, their, passports. so actually labour would keep them in the uk because they couldn't send them anywhere . and that's why you anywhere. and that's why you need rwanda. >> because emily, the labour party hasn't signed any or doesn't want to sign any deals with third countries. what do you do if you...
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i have to go to rwanda queuing up for rwanda plane. >> i feel like rwanda is going to be the only safe country left. >> i'm not even joking. i'd give it a go. i mean, gb news rwanda. i'm in. >> well, they killed the people that they want to kill and they're probably not going to kill them for a while. it's like with germany, they it's funny you mentioned germany , you know, you mentioned germany, you know, 19305 you mentioned germany, you know, 1930s germany because we're seeing the same righteous fury this. >> and you see some of them, they're taking joy in their anti—semitism. they're taking joy anti—semitism. they're taking joy in the horrible genocidal things that they're chanting, and they're chanting things that are exactly the same as the nazis chanted. and when people ask, how could the nazis happen? it's happening right now. this is this is the same mindset being being fomented. >> we are doomed. we're doomed. i'm doomed. but i think you're doomed too . i think everybody i doomed too. i think everybody i think, i think, you know, realise you're doomed. i think people think
i have to go to rwanda queuing up for rwanda plane. >> i feel like rwanda is going to be the only safe country left. >> i'm not even joking. i'd give it a go. i mean, gb news rwanda. i'm in. >> well, they killed the people that they want to kill and they're probably not going to kill them for a while. it's like with germany, they it's funny you mentioned germany , you know, you mentioned germany, you know, 19305 you mentioned germany, you know, 1930s germany because we're...
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the rwanda asylum newsroom. the rwanda asylum policy will end under labour, with sir keir starmer describing the scheme as an absolute waste of money. the party leader, who's in kent, says he wants to create a border security command to tackle the small boat crisis. sir keir unveiled proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists. it will be supported by around 1000 additional officers recruited by m15 . officers recruited by m15. labour says it will spend £75 million on the plan if it wins the general election, the equivalent of what would have been spent sending migrants to rwanda for a year. >> britain can do better. labour will do better. we will end this farce. we will restore serious government to our borders and tackle this problem at source and replace the rwanda policy permanently . and today we launch permanently. and today we launch our plan to do that , a new our plan to do that, a new approach to small boat crossings that will secure
the rwanda asylum newsroom. the rwanda asylum policy will end under labour, with sir keir starmer describing the scheme as an absolute waste of money. the party leader, who's in kent, says he wants to create a border security command to tackle the small boat crisis. sir keir unveiled proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists. it will be supported by around 1000 additional officers recruited by m15 . officers recruited by m15....
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hews governments rwanda policy as a whole, what's your view of? news is 'ust whole, what's your view of? news is just breaking. _ whole, what's your view of? news is just breaking, but _ whole, what's your view of? news is just breaking, but surely _ whole, what's your view of? news is just breaking, but surely it - whole, what's your view of? news is just breaking, but surely it would . just breaking, but surely it would be the government '5 windsor framework which determines the relationship to how the courts have looked at this. windsor agreement is one of the few achievements, i would say, of the government in recent years. so if they are in a position where they are having to consider rwanda, which is a gimmicky policy, not a true attempt to solve the problem. the windsor agreement is essential. not having artificial, and if necessary borders in any part of the british isles it seems pretty straightforward to me. but as the news is breaking, i'm struggling to be understanding the conservative party '5 response if they think it's specifically
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not a single person is going to be sent to rwanda . rwanda. >> okay, well, you heard it here first. listen, either samson, thank you for joining first. listen, either samson, thank you forjoining us tonight. >> and of course, baroness hoey. now coming up, could former gb news presenter and now government minister esther mcvey stamp out so—called wokery ? yes. stamp out so—called wokery? yes. wokery in the welcome back to the state of the nafion welcome back to the state of the nation with me. christopher hope gb news, political editor. sitting in here for sirjacob sitting in here for sir jacob rees—mogg. we've been discussing the rwanda plan, and you've been getting in touch. susan says let's do a deal with southern ireland. we send the migrants to northern ireland, then they go to southern ireland, then they send them to the eu. spain says it needs 25 million working age people. alan says we must in capitals, close this open door agreement now in capitals. my concern is more about how many illegal migrants entering our mainland from southern ireland and gerry hayes. mainland
not a single person is going to be sent to rwanda . rwanda. >> okay, well, you heard it here first. listen, either samson, thank you for joining first. listen, either samson, thank you forjoining us tonight. >> and of course, baroness hoey. now coming up, could former gb news presenter and now government minister esther mcvey stamp out so—called wokery ? yes. stamp out so—called wokery? yes. wokery in the welcome back to the state of the nafion welcome back to the state of the...
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went to rwanda then escaped. they escaped rwanda because it wasn't working for them. you have to be realistic. it's not just about cruelty, it's about pragmatism. >> what about staying in the first safe country they arrive at? >> well, then that's look, this is a if. >> this is what i mean. if you were in italy, if you were in italy or in greece, you would not be saying you would not be using that argument. >> why? because it's simply not fair for the country furthest to the right to be absorbing everything. it should be. this is a global crisis. it should be absorbed by by different countries, by different wealthy countries. everyone should be doing their share. >> this is about solidarity. >> this is about solidarity. >> people watching this programme would bristle at the idea that britain has not been doing its fair share through hong kong, through ukraine is we've effectively outlawed, we've effectively outlawed, we've effectively outlawed, we've effectively outlawed asylum and outsource the problem we're try
went to rwanda then escaped. they escaped rwanda because it wasn't working for them. you have to be realistic. it's not just about cruelty, it's about pragmatism. >> what about staying in the first safe country they arrive at? >> well, then that's look, this is a if. >> this is what i mean. if you were in italy, if you were in italy or in greece, you would not be saying you would not be using that argument. >> why? because it's simply not fair for the country furthest to...
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what rwanda . yeah. no, >> iran. what rwanda. yeah. no, i know, but but it's more horrible than we are here. people didn't go across europe, across asia to go to rwanda. >> but this is another thing the newspapers have been saying about how we're calling rwanda not a safe country. the only reason the supreme court said it was not safe is because people could be sent back to their home nafions could be sent back to their home nations from rwanda. rwanda is safe. the home nations have a genuine asylum seekers not safe, because that's why they're left in the first place. yeah, no one's saying rwanda is not safe . one's saying rwanda is not safe. >> so what are you saying then? i don't understand what he's saying. what i'm saying is, is they don't want they don't want people in in northern ireland are not going to be sent across the border. so that'll make the irish people on the other side of the border happy. and the irish people living in northern. some of the irish people living in northern ireland have . in northern ireland have. >>
what rwanda . yeah. no, >> iran. what rwanda. yeah. no, i know, but but it's more horrible than we are here. people didn't go across europe, across asia to go to rwanda. >> but this is another thing the newspapers have been saying about how we're calling rwanda not a safe country. the only reason the supreme court said it was not safe is because people could be sent back to their home nafions could be sent back to their home nations from rwanda. rwanda is safe. the home nations...
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but there deported to rwanda. but there will be a very vocal minority, probably in urban areas like london, like manchester, like birmingham, where this policy is deeply, deeply unpopular. and i think we can expect to see scenes like we're seeing in peckham today, but far, far worse over the next weeks and months to come. >> yes, and olivia, we're going to be speaking very shortly to the general secretary of the fta, which is the union who are launching legal action against the government's rwanda plan. they say they need clarity when it comes to the legalities of the whole scheme. what do you know about that ? know about that? >> well, this is another huge headache for the government. the fta, which is the for union senior civil servants, wants to take the government to court over the rwanda policy on the grounds that they are worried that if they implement the law, that if they implement the law, that the rwanda bill, which rishi sunak just managed to get through parliament next week, then they could be in breac
but there deported to rwanda. but there will be a very vocal minority, probably in urban areas like london, like manchester, like birmingham, where this policy is deeply, deeply unpopular. and i think we can expect to see scenes like we're seeing in peckham today, but far, far worse over the next weeks and months to come. >> yes, and olivia, we're going to be speaking very shortly to the general secretary of the fta, which is the union who are launching legal action against the...
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and that's over the rwanda policy . a clear over the rwanda policy. a clear commitment again from sir keir starmer today that if he gets the keys to downing street, the rwanda policy will be scrapped. but this throws up a real issue for the labour government going forward because they say they're going to hire hundreds of additional caseworkers to ensure that this backlog of those waiting their asylum decisions is dealt with and those with no right to be here are removed from the uk. but bearing in mind so many of those coming across the channel are from countries including afghanistan , iran, including afghanistan, iran, iraq, syria, these are countries that courts would not allow a government to return people to. so these people are still going to be stuck here in limbo despite sir keir starmer saying that he is going to end the policy of paying £8 million a day to house tens of thousands of migrants in hotels . if he of migrants in hotels. if he doesn't have a third country to send these people who can't go home to their home country because of th
and that's over the rwanda policy . a clear over the rwanda policy. a clear commitment again from sir keir starmer today that if he gets the keys to downing street, the rwanda policy will be scrapped. but this throws up a real issue for the labour government going forward because they say they're going to hire hundreds of additional caseworkers to ensure that this backlog of those waiting their asylum decisions is dealt with and those with no right to be here are removed from the uk. but...
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less than i% of those arrive will be sent rwanda. i am not going to flog a dead horse if we came into government. the deterrent is breaking down and taking down the gangs in the first place. so the people are not able to ride by small boats. that is a challenge of any serious government has to arise too. we need to bring together intelligence and resources to take these gangs down. i have seen it done. i do not believe that it can't be done with the gangs that are running this trade. imilli be done with the gangs that are running this trade.— be done with the gangs that are running this trade. will any flight to ira: ran running this trade. will any flight to iraq ran to _ running this trade. will any flight to iraq ran to leave _ running this trade. will any flight to iraq ran to leave while - running this trade. will any flight to iraq ran to leave while your i to iraq ran to leave while your prime minister? we to iraq ran to leave while your prime minister?— to iraq ran to leave while your prime minister? we will cancel the sc
less than i% of those arrive will be sent rwanda. i am not going to flog a dead horse if we came into government. the deterrent is breaking down and taking down the gangs in the first place. so the people are not able to ride by small boats. that is a challenge of any serious government has to arise too. we need to bring together intelligence and resources to take these gangs down. i have seen it done. i do not believe that it can't be done with the gangs that are running this trade. imilli be...
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>> well, i think the rwanda plan is incredibly important. and i've been one of its greatest proponents. if we can make it work and ensure that it is a genuine deterrent , then i am genuine deterrent, then i am confident that other countries will copy it. unfortunately, the prime minister has chosen to pursue the rwanda policy in a half hearted manner. i don't believe that the symbolic flights that he's proposing will be a deterrent, and i would be very worried that as a result of that, it will fail and will be scrapped by a labour government. that's why it is so critical that he pursues a much more robust version of this policy, like the one that i proposed, which would scrap tony blair's human rights act, would ensure that there are not a myriad of legal challenges from individuals making claims and protect us from the activist judges. in strasbourg, the prime minister has not chosen to do any of those things. so far. i think that's a serious mistake. but of course i always hope that he changes tack and pursues rwanda in a robust manner. >>
>> well, i think the rwanda plan is incredibly important. and i've been one of its greatest proponents. if we can make it work and ensure that it is a genuine deterrent , then i am genuine deterrent, then i am confident that other countries will copy it. unfortunately, the prime minister has chosen to pursue the rwanda policy in a half hearted manner. i don't believe that the symbolic flights that he's proposing will be a deterrent, and i would be very worried that as a result of that, it...
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this is a rwanda scheme but not the rwanda scheme. the government for two years under three prime ministers and more home secretaries than i can count has been committed to forcibly relocating people who arrive in the uk in small boats across the english channel to rwanda. what happened on monday was not that. it was a separate scheme, which we have only known about for a couple of months, whereby they want to offer, and crucially that is the word, offer people who have applied for asylum here but been rejected the opportunity to move to rwanda should they wish. and to do so, the government is willing to pay them up to £3000. on monday, according to the sun newspaper, that happened for the sun newspaper, that happened for the first time. so a man who had made an asylum application here which had been rejected was paid around £3000 by the government to voluntarily get on a commercial flight to rwanda and now make his life there. . ~ flight to rwanda and now make his life there. ., ,, flight to rwanda and now make his life there. ., ~
this is a rwanda scheme but not the rwanda scheme. the government for two years under three prime ministers and more home secretaries than i can count has been committed to forcibly relocating people who arrive in the uk in small boats across the english channel to rwanda. what happened on monday was not that. it was a separate scheme, which we have only known about for a couple of months, whereby they want to offer, and crucially that is the word, offer people who have applied for asylum here...