Refugees shot at by Rwandan police in 2018
Home Secretary Suella Braverman faced up to Laura Kuenssberg this morning, keen to talk again about her ‘dream’ of successfully implementing the Rwanda immigration policy. Kuenssberg surprised her with a report of a 2018 incident in which refugees protesting in Rwanda over food rations were shot at and killed by police. She asked Braverman if this suggested Rwanda might not be a safe destination:
Braverman – overall migration numbers should come down
Kuenssberg also spoke to Braverman about lawful immigration. Braverman claimed she stood by her party’s manifesto principle of reducing the overall number of migrants, although she was evasive when pressed to clarify whether she still believed in reducing it to the tens of thousands:
UK eBay boss – we need more people in the country
And Kuenssberg’s panel guests disagreed with Braverman’s standpoint on immigration, arguing that more migrants were needed to fill labour shortages. Minette Batters, President of the National Farmers’ Union, argued that there weren’t enough unemployed people in the country to fill the available jobs. And UK eBay boss Murray Lambell said that businesses were lacking the skilled workers they need to thrive in a modern economy:
Braverman – ‘Cultural sensitivities’ made politicians turn a blind eye
Suella Braverman also spoke to Kuenssberg about the scandal of child sexual exploitation, specifically mentioning gangs of ‘British Pakistani men’, and claiming that action had not been taken in Labour-run areas because politicians were afraid to ‘call out people along ethnic lines’:
Lisa Nandy – if anyone has turned a blind eye, it’s the Home Secretary
Labour’s Lisa Nandy strongly disagreed with Braverman, claiming that she had been calling for mandatory reporting for child professionals on child abuse for years, and that under the current government convictions for child exploitation had halved over the last four years. She also pointed out that it was a problem for all backgrounds and ethnicities:
Skype co-founder – AI might be an existential risk
And finally, after Elon Musk and a group of tech leaders and scientists signed a letter calling for a pause in the development of AI in order to assess its danger, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn argued that he thought AI systems might represent an existential threat to humanity, and that they could begin to manipulate the real-world environment:
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