Labour: Rwanda treaty is 'a failing scheme'

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Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Rwanda plan is a "failing scheme that doesn't tackle the real problem" which is criminal gangs who are organising illegal boat crossings. Ms Cooper said £140 million has already been spent on the treaty despite no asylum seekers being sent to Rwanda. Home Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday where he is expected to sign a revised treaty following the UK Supreme Court’s rejection of the asylum plan last month.    Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Well, this is Groundhog Day.

00:01 This is the third Home Secretary in less than two years

00:05 to go to Rwanda with another checkbook.

00:09 They've now sent more Home Secretaries

00:10 than they have asylum seekers to Rwanda.

00:13 This is a failing scheme that doesn't tackle

00:16 the real problems, which is they should be going after

00:19 the criminal gangs who are making huge amounts of money

00:23 from undermining our border security

00:25 and putting lives at risk with these dangerous boat crossings.

00:28 Well, the Rwanda policy has been a complete failure.

00:31 The government has now sent more Home Secretaries

00:34 and more journalists to Rwanda than it has asylum seekers.

00:38 And they've spent 140 million pounds in the first year,

00:41 tens of millions of pounds more in the second year,

00:44 and then there's more likely to be promised

00:47 as part of this new treaty,

00:49 all for something that's still only likely to affect

00:52 a very small number of people

00:55 when more than 1,000 people have arrived in the UK

00:58 over the last week, and they're failing to tackle

01:00 the criminal smuggler gangs who are making huge profits

01:04 from undermining our border security.

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