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HANSARDRwanda TreatyI will have to write to the noble Viscount about extradition requests. I do not know the answer.08 Dec 2023HANSARDRwanda TreatyThe money is actually going to the ETIF, which is responsible for the economic growth and development of Rwanda. Investment so far has been focused on areas such as education,…08 Dec 2023HANSARDRwanda TreatyIn answer to the noble Baroness’s first question, I say that the deterrent effect is already working; arrivals this year are down by around 30%, as my right honourable friend the…08 Dec 2023HANSARDRwanda TreatyMy Lords, in answer to the first part of the question, of course the Albanian returns agreement is a factor in this. No one is denying that or trying to claim otherwise. I think…08 Dec 2023HANSARDRwanda TreatyThe answer is that I do not know. I will have to write to the noble Lord.08 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipI could not agree more with my noble friend. I tried to make the point earlier that one of the principal reasons for doing this is to deter illegal boat crossings, which are…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipI certainly hope so. This gives me an opportunity to remind the House that part of the reason we are discussing migration on such a regular basis is that this country has been…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipFrom the noble Lord’s last remark, it sounds like he has answered his own question. However, as I said in my opening remarks, the numbers are uncapped. I do not know the context…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipIn answer to the first part of the noble Lord’s question, Section 19 of the treaty indeed says that the UK will resettle refugees from Rwanda to the UK. This is not new; it was…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipIn response to the first part of my noble friend’s question, I again repeat the Prime Minister’s words. He said this morning, and I agree, that: “If the Strasbourg court chooses…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy Lords, I cannot comment on specific numbers of refugees from that particular incident. However, I can reassure the noble Viscount about the safety of the Republic of Rwanda.…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipShe is not a colleague so, no, she has not shared it. I am not going to second-guess what she was trying to say this morning; that would be foolish. As regards having two…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy noble friend makes an extremely good point and directs me, in many ways, back to what the Prime Minister said this morning: “illegal immigration undermines not just our border…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipNo, I cannot. I have not spoken to him.07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipRegarding the second point, that question was asked the other day in a different context, and I suggested to the right reverend Prelate who asked me that perhaps the Church should…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipThe Government do know that number but unfortunately, I do not, because I forgot to ask the question this morning. I will have to write to the noble Lord; I apologise.07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipAs I said when the most reverent Primate asked me the question, global circumstances would clearly suggest that that is a very good approach. Clearly, also, those conversations…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy Lords, I think I have already answered that question in terms of decisions based on individual and particular circumstances. I will leave it at that for now.07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipI thank the noble Lord for that question. I would certainly make a personal observation: he has a much better case.07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy noble friend makes a good point, as he did earlier this week when asking his Question. I must say, since answering it I have pored over the various publications one would…07 Dec 2023