Labour: Rwanda plan 'was never going to work'
Labour MP Peter Kyle says the government’s controversial Rwanda plan was "never going to work." Speaking on Thursday, the shadow science secretary says the country needs a system which works more closely with international partners to tackle small boats crossings. "These are the solid sensible policies which will make a big difference, rather than the gimmicks and wastes of time we've seen from the Conservatives in recent years".
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00:00 The Rwandan scheme was never going to work.
00:02 We said it wouldn't work at the outset.
00:04 We said that it was a gimmick at the outset.
00:07 And both of these things have proven to be true.
00:10 It is no surprise that Rwanda is thinking twice about whether to engage with the British
00:15 government on this.
00:16 It has not been good for the dignity of Rwanda to have this constant assault on this country's
00:22 reputation that has been waged by Swela Braverman and the fallout from the use of this scheme.
00:30 We've transferred already £140 million to Rwanda and not a single person has gone over
00:37 there except the Home Secretary herself when she was Home Secretary.
00:41 We need to get back to a system where when it comes to tackling the asylum backlog that
00:47 we are hiring 1,000 new caseworkers, which is what we have announced, where we're working
00:52 with our international partners to make sure that we can tackle the small boats crossings.
00:56 These are the solid, sensible policies that will make a big difference rather than the
01:00 gimmicks and the expensive wastes of time that we've seen from the Conservatives in