The Briefing Room - Will the Rwanda plan work?

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has unveiled a plan to stop small boat crossings in the English Channel by sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. But will it work?

Joining David Aaronovitch in the briefing room are:

Mark Easton, BBC's Home Editor
Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the Refugees Studies Centre
Nicolas Rollason, partner and head of Business Immigration at Kingsley Napley
Madeleine Sumption, Director of The Migration Observatory

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Ben Carter and Kirsteen Knight
Production Co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed
Studio Manager: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Richard Vadon

Published on Thursday, 21st April 2022.

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