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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillFrom a sedentary position. I agree with the noble Lord. I think Hansard picked it up: a successful 90% deterrent. The noble Lord heard me at Second Reading saying that we welcomed…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe Minister is being generous in giving way, but what he just said contradicts what he said previously in Committee. At col. 70 of 12 February’s Official Report , I asked about…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am sure the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, is fully aware that the people he is referring to are economic migrants who have no right to be here. Therefore, a proper returns and…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBefore I give way, presumably what the noble Lord wants to get to is a deterrent effect of 100%, so that the boats are stopped, which is what we all want. But so far I have not…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very concerned with what the Minister has literally just told us. The Minister has just said that, once this Bill has passed, there is no risk of refoulement. Article 10 of…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am grateful for that comment. Just for the record, it is 11.13 pm on the last day of Committee, and it might be that the Government are thinking about something that we have…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I have added my name to these amendments. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, spoke very powerfully in moving them, and I shall not seek to repeat anything that…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWell, that is the deterrent effect. Assuming that of those who are coming, 50% on a regular basis are deterred, then over the long term there would still be 50% coming by boats.…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBefore the Minister concludes, I would be grateful if he could say what the mechanism will be for ending this legislation, if the treaty is not extended. Could he also answer my…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the noble Lord. I said that the court issued a press release; I did not say it made a judgment by press release. I think that is taking it a little too far. The noble Lord…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 76A, in my name and in the name of my noble friend Lady Hamwee. This is a probing amendment to allow the Minister to expand on some of his…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly on that point to support the noble Baroness. We have heard in previous groups the concerns of the noble Lords, Lord Hannay and Lord Kerr, who is not…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillYou said that the safeguards had to be in place.19 Feb 2024HANSARDDeath of Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, some of us in the Chamber will be spending the rest of the day holding the Government to account and asking probing questions of Ministers. Some of us are frustrated,…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am grateful to the Minister for stating clearly that the Government of Rwanda have begun putting the safeguards in place. That is consistent with what he said earlier in…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt gave the decision that the ongoing domestic judicial review process should be concluded.19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI have one final point for the Minister. If this legislation decrees on Royal Assent that Rwanda is a safe country, what is the point of having the safeguards he has mentioned?19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, can he answer a question? Under Home Office figures, 78% of those people who have been referred to the national referral mechanism for being…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThis is the point I made at Second Reading. Section 22 of the Illegal Migration Act disapplies all of what the Minister just said when someone arrives by an irregular route. It…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am still waiting on the letter. Section 22 of the Illegal Migration Act, on modern slavery, disapplies that. It is not possible for that to happen under the Illegal Migration…14 Feb 2024