UK, Rwanda sign new treaty to resurrect controversial asylum plan

British interior minister James Cleverly signed a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday in an attempt to overcome a court decision to block the government's controversial policy of sending asylum seekers to the East African country. 

The new treaty will include an agreement that Rwanda would not expel asylum seekers to a country where their life or freedom would be threatened.

There will also be a monitoring committee to enable individuals to lodge confidential complaints directly to them and a new appeal body made up of judges from around the world.