Home Secretary signs fresh treaty with Rwanda in bid to revive asylum plan

Home Secretary James Cleverly and Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta sign a new treaty(Picture: PA)

The Home Secretary has signed a fresh treaty with Rwanda amid efforts to get the Government’s stalled asylum deal off the ground.

James Cleverly travelled to Kigali and signed the agreement on Tuesday as Rishi Sunak bids to make the plan to send migrants to the African nation legally watertight after the Supreme Court’s ruling against the policy.

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