Rwanda Asylum-seeker Policy

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Social Justice – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 4 May 2022.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 2:14, 4 May 2022

Thank you for that update, Minister. The plan is, of course, morally abhorrent, for all the reasons that we discussed yesterday in the human rights debate, but it is gratuitously expensive. And given Britain's obligation under the UN refugee convention and the human rights laws, it looks unworkable anyway, as we have seen the legal challenges in recent days attest. The plan, quite frankly, is a mess. So, do you share my anger and frustration that the only guarantee of this deeply shameful Tory policy is that it will leave Welsh taxpayers out of pocket and refugees more vulnerable than they ever have been?