Rwanda bill only has ‘narrow exemptions’ for appeal against deportation, Gove says

The Rwanda bill only has 'narrow exemptions' for appeal against deportation, Gove said.Source: BBC News

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00:00 can all see what's in the bill.

00:01 And we can see that it very clearly points out

00:05 that the only way in which an individual can challenge

00:09 deportation is if there is an immediate risk

00:14 of serious and irreversible harm if they were to be deported.

00:18 And Jonathan's assumption makes it clear

00:20 this is such a narrow exemption.

00:23 And it has absolutely nothing to do with Rwanda itself.

00:26 Rwanda is clearly a safe country.

00:29 The legislation makes sure that people can be deported.

00:32 And it deals with many of the cases and many of the reasons

00:36 which were used beforehand.

00:37 It strikes out human rights legislation in a way

00:41 that some people I know find strong meat.

00:44 And it's because the reaction from those

00:46 who are critical of the bill on one side

00:48 is so clear that I think that we can take it

00:52 that this bill is certainly the robust measure of--