Suella Braverman insists Rwanda is safe for migrants

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Suella Braverman insists Rwanda is safe for migrants

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By Becky Morton & Laura Kuenssberg
BBC News
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Suella Braverman has insisted Rwanda is a safe country, as she defended plans to send some migrants who arrive in the UK illegally there.

In an interview with the BBC, the home secretary was shown evidence of Congolese refugees being shot dead by police during protests over conditions in a Rwandan camp in 2018.

In response, Ms Braverman said the High Court had found Rwanda to be safe.

But she acknowledged the plans were still facing a legal challenge.

Under the government's proposals, people who arrive in the UK through illegal routes could be sent to Rwanda on a one-way ticket to claim asylum there.

In December the High Court ruled the plan was legal, but the decision is currently going through an appeals process.

Appearing on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Ms Braverman was presented with evidence from the United Nations refugee agency that 12 Congolese refugees were shot dead by Rwandan police during protests over cuts to food rations.

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