Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper describes the government’s Rwanda asylum plan as a “total failure of Rishi Sunak’s judgement”. The Labour MP said the prime minister was “warned repeatedly” about the problems with the plan, and yet he made it “the central part of his policy.” Report by Jonesia. 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 shows the total failure of Rishi Sunak's
00:03 judgment, as well as the failure of his Rwanda plan.
00:07 He was warned repeatedly about the problems with the plan,
00:10 and yet he made it the central part of his policy,
00:13 and also paid Rwanda £140 million
00:17 that we now can't get back, and they've wasted all this time.
00:20 We need a serious plan to go after the criminal gangs
00:23 who are undermining border security,
00:25 who are putting lives at risk,
00:27 a serious plan to end the asylum chaos by clearing the backlog
00:31 and ending hotel use, and that would save the taxpayer
00:35 billions of pounds.
00:37 We need a proper plan working internationally
00:39 to stop dangerous boat crossings,
00:42 and to make sure that we have proper border security
00:45 and a functioning and fair asylum system
00:48 that is properly managed and controlled.
00:50 Instead, all we've had is gimmicks,
00:52 lots of gimmicks and promises,
00:54 instead of actually doing the hard work to get a grip.