When Theresa May told MPs yesterday that she opposed Priti Patel’s plan to send migrants inadmissible for asylum in this country to Rwanda on the grounds of “legality, practicality and efficacy” she joined the barrage of criticism that has greeted the Home Secretary since she unveiled her scheme last week in Kigali.
The Archbishop of Canterbury said the idea was ungodly, migrant charities have condemned it, while Labour’s Yvette Cooper denounced it as “unworkable, unethical and extortionate”. But while there are obvious questions about Ms Patel’s plan, she’s right that there are problems with the asylum system that won’t be solved simply by making it work more efficiently.
