Tory Minister Mocked For Asking If Rwanda And Congo Are Different Countries

The audience reaction to Conservative minister Chris Philp.

A Conservative minister has faced ridicule on BBC Question Time for saying: “Rwanda is a different country to Congo, isn’t it?”

Chris Philp was facing questions on the government’s Rwanda deportation plan when a member of the audience from Tottenham, north London, questioned whether relatives from Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) would be sent to the neighbouring African country.

Almost seven million people have been displaced by violence in eastern DRC...