Cleverly: Rwanda Will Stick to Migrant Treaty Terms

James Cleverly said he has “a very high degree of confidence” that Rwanda will abide by the terms of its migration treaty with the UK. The foreign secretary was questioned by peers on the International Agreements Committee on Tuesday about the treaty he signed in Kigali two weeks ago on relocating the UK’s illegal immigrants, including asylum seekers, to Rwanda. The treaty, upgraded from a memorandum of understanding (MoU), is designed to revive the relocation plan after the Supreme Court ruled that the policy is unlawful. Judges said “deficiencies in the Rwandan asylum system” mean asylum seekers could be returned to a country where their life of freedom would be threatened....