Minister: New Rwanda deals create stronger deterrent

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Home Office Minister Chris Philp has welcomed the new Rwanda deal, saying it will allow the "deterrent effect" to commence against illegal boat crossings. Home Secretary James Cleverly travelled to Rwanda yesterday to sign the new treaty in a bid to fulfil the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.   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 a legally binding international treaty,

00:02 whereas what we had before was simply a memorandum

00:04 of understanding.

00:05 And it also makes explicit that anyone sent to Rwanda

00:09 can't then be sent somewhere else outside Rwanda,

00:12 regardless of whether or not Rwanda grant their asylum

00:15 claim.

00:16 So it directly addresses the concerns

00:18 expressed by the Supreme Court about the previous memorandum

00:22 of understanding.

00:23 It addresses all of those concerns

00:25 and gives us a sound basis on which

00:27 to get on with the program, start those flights to Rwanda,

00:30 so the deterrent effect can commence

00:32 to deter people from making that illegal and dangerous crossing

00:36 from France.

00:37 A crossing that's completely unnecessary,

00:38 because France is a safe country.

00:39 No one needs to flee war in France.

00:41 And it also has enhanced monitoring arrangements.

00:43 A committee of eight independent people,

00:46 including a leading KC and a former senior official

00:49 with the UNHCR, to monitor the treaty to make sure

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