Rwanda Asylum Partnership

Debate between Lord Cunningham of Felling and Baroness Foster of Oxton

Wednesday 19th October 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Cunningham of Felling (Lab)]

My Lords, when will—

[Baroness Foster of Oxton (Con)]

My Lords, most of the—

[Noble Lords]

Foster!

[Lord Cunningham of Felling (Lab)]

She is just reading her question out!

[Baroness Foster of Oxton (Con)]

My Lords, most of the Rwanda Cabinet were refugees and understand the difficulties that people face, particularly coming from war-torn countries. Rwanda has moved forward massively from the days when it suffered war and genocide. Does my noble friend agree that we need to kickstart this process for illegal immigrants as soon as possible as we cannot sustain the levels as they stand and be seen to support people traffickers, who continue to make money on the backs of human misery?