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Rwanda Treaty

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Henig (Labour) in the House of Lords on Friday, 8 December 2023. It occurred during Private notice question on Rwanda Treaty.

My Lords, can I just ask about the deterrent aspect of this issue? By my calculations, more than 30,000 refugees are coming per year and so far we have heard today that something like 100 will be going back. Now, my maths is not wonderful, but that to me is less than 1%. Why does the Minister believe that will be a deterrent for anybody fleeing war or imprisonment? Following on from that, does the Minister not agree that in terms of value for money—I know that he is very much in favour of value for money—it would be a far more effective use of that money to help the poorest through the coming winter?

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Reference

834 c1709 

Session

2023-24

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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