James Cleverly is visiting Rwanda to sign a new pact for the government’s asylum policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the Supreme Court’s verdict against the project, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s objective is to make the arrangement to send migrants there legally watertight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the verdict on November 15, the government asserted that it had been working on contingency plans and promised a treaty with Rwanda within days, as well as emergency legislation in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Cleverly said Rwanda “cares deeply about the rights of refugees” and he looks forward to meeting counterparts and signing the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home secretary said: “We are clear that Rwanda is a safe country, and we are working at pace to move forward with this partnership to stop the boats and save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Supreme Court recognised that changes may be delivered in future to address the conclusions they reached – and that is what we have set out to do together, with this new, internationally recognised treaty agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Rwanda cares deeply about the rights of refugees, and I look forward to meeting with counterparts to sign this agreement and further discuss how we work together to tackle the global challenge of illegal migration.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rwanda is rumoured to be pressing for further funding on top of the \u00a3140 million already pledged to the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kigali would be handed a \u00a315 million top-up payment to agree on new terms for its agreement with the UK.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Cleverly is visiting Rwanda to sign a new pact for the government’s asylum policy. Following the Supreme Court’s verdict against the project, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s objective is to … <\/p>\n