like rwanda, as the government sees it, back to their home country or another country they have passed through on the way to reach the uk. this is a hugely controversial scheme. as yet, not a single migrant has been sent from the uk to rwanda under this scheme because it is facing ongoing legal challenges. in fact, today there were protests in a number of cities in the uk, including here in london, with people saying the scheme simply won t work. they described it as inhumane. that is our correspondent simonjones there. and from rwanda, suella braverman has defended again the deportation scheme. our laws will dramatically reduce the avenues for exploitation so that you won t be able to thwart our power to remove. if you come to the uk illegally, i.e., on a small boat, if you re paying a people smuggler, if you re risking your life, if you re putting other peoples lives at risk, you will not have the right to a life in the united kingdom.
accepts that people who come on small boats should be returned. and of course that is the way to break the people smugglers because no one is going to pay five or £10,000 to a people smuggler when they know that when they arrive in the uk they will be returned to continental europe. we need upstream processing, working with our european partners and allies, getting, so we take ourfair share, other european countries do the same and that is the way we will smash the people smugglers, stop people taking music from the dangerous journeys and of course add to that we need that clear line on safe and legal route, and clear investment in the investment and security services so they can go after the people smugglers. isn’t security services so they can go after the people smugglers. isn t it the case that after the people smugglers. isn t it the case that the after the people smugglers. isn t it the case that the tory after the people smugglers. isn t it the case that the tory party
thanks forjoining us. let me ask you first of all for your reaction to what we have heard today from suella braverman. irate to what we have heard today from suella braverman. to what we have heard today from suella braverman. we are absolutely clear that the suella braverman. we are absolutely clear that the small suella braverman. we are absolutely clear that the small boats suella braverman. we are absolutely clear that the small boats are - suella braverman. we are absolutely clear that the small boats are a i clear that the small boats are a very bad thing. people are risking their lives on the channel, evil people smuggler gangs are making millions of pounds out of this. there is no disagreement about that. there is no disagreement about that. the disagreement is about how to address the issue and the way to address the issue and the way to address the issue is to do a returns deal with the european union. it is to crack down on people smuggler gangs by cancelling the unwo
moment? we what more details do we have at the moment? ~ ., ., ., ., ., ., moment? we do not have a lot more in terms of the moment? we do not have a lot more in terms of the number moment? we do not have a lot more in terms of the number of moment? we do not have a lot more in terms of the number of people - moment? we do not have a lot more in terms of the number of people who - terms of the number of people who may have died no clarity on how many people may have been aboard the boat. some reports that 45 people have been confirmed to have died, among them sadly are women and children, a number of children being mentioned by officials. there are other smaller developments, one report that a suspected people smuggler, a turkish citizen, has been detained by the italian authorities, but we have yet to hear authorities, but we have yet to hear a lot of details on that. what we have had some strong reaction from the un s refugee agency. there are country representative has said it
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