ITV Good Morning Britain viewers make demand over Richard Madeley after 'stupid' Rwanda question
15.06.2022 - 14:47
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Good Morning Britain fans were baffled over a question Richard Madeley asked one of ITV's reporters during the latest episode. The presenter and co-host Susanna Reid were back at the helm of the news programme on Wednesday (June 15).
They were discussing the latest developments in the Government's plans to deport migrants to Rwanda. A plane due to take several individuals to the landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa was grounded on Tuesday night (June 14) after last-minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights.
The ruling by the Strasbourg-based court was greeted with fury by Tory MPs, with fresh demands for the UK to pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, the government is said to be "highly confident" that the next deportation flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will go ahead.
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During GMB today, Richard and Susanna spoke with ITV News' UK editor Paul Brand who appeared via video link as he gave the latest update from Rwanda. Paul told them that he had spoken with some refugees from Libya who were concerned about their human rights.
Speaking about the refugee scheme, Paul said: "They resettle them in a camp about an hour north, actually of the capital, where I am right now, that's been going on for several years.
"We visited that camp earlier this week and we saw the conditions there and spoke to refugees. The few that we were permitted to speak to said that they were happy there. But there are significant human rights concerns in this country which we have witnessed too."
However, towards the end of the segment, Richard