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UK minister appears to mix up Rwanda and Congo on Question Time
Chris Philp gets confused over neighbouring countries when discussing government’s Rwanda deportation policy
The policing minister, Chris Philp, appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on BBC Question Time on Thursday.
When discussing the government policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, the MP for Croydon South responded to an audience member’s question during the BBC One programme by asking: “Rwanda is a different country of Congo, isn’t it?”.
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