Will the new Rwanda treaty see flights get off the ground?
Officials say the treaty centres on preventing ‘refoulement’, where asylum seekers are removed and returned to a country where they face persecution.
Officials say the treaty centres on preventing ‘refoulement’, where asylum seekers are removed and returned to a country where they face persecution.
The Home Secretary travelled to Kigali and signed the agreement on Tuesday.
There has been speculation that Rwanda is pushing for more money on top of the £140 million already committed to the scheme.
The Home Office is said to be looking “very carefully” at the idea of sending UK Government lawyers to Rwanda.
"Whilst food banks creak under the strain, and thousands of kids go to school hungry, you crack on and have your fun at our expense."
James Cleverly had been accused of calling Alex Cunningham’s Stockton North seat a “shithole”, but allies said he was abusing the MP, not the place.
A spokesman for James Cleverly has denied that the Home Secretary made the comment about Stockton.
Home Secretary James Cleverly told Amol Rajan ‘you’re not asking questions, you’re making statements’.
D'oh! With ministers being chopped and changed for fun, it's no wonder James Cleverly struggled to remember his new portfolio on Thursday.
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