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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin,Adam Forrest and Holly Bancroft

James Cleverly’s flight of fantasy with new Rwanda treaty – as Tory MPs plot rebellion

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Home secretary James Cleverly has hailed yet another deal with Rwanda as the way to rescue the government’s thwarted plan to stop the boats – only for it to be denounced as a “gross political fantasy”.

The embattled cabinet minister said there was now no credible legal reason for the policy to continue to be blocked after he flew to Kigali to sign a new treaty.

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