A 保守的な 大臣 has 直面するd 批評 after he seemingly asked a Question Time audience member if?Rwanda and Congo were different countries.

Policing 大臣 Chris Philp surprised the audience - who gasped and laughed at his 返答 to a question about the 議論の的になる Rwanda 法案.

An audience member asked if 亡命 探検者s in the UK who had arrived from Congo could be sent to Rwanda. The two countries 隣人 each other and there is an 現在進行中の 衝突 between the two nations.

In 返答, the 大臣 said: '井戸/弁護士席 Rwanda is a different country from Congo, isn't it?'

The camera panned to fellow panellist and 影をつくる/尾行する 長官 for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, who gave Philp a wide-注目する,もくろむd, bewildered 星/主役にする.

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Policing minister Chris Philp (pictured) asked 'well Rwanda is a different country from Congo isn't it?' during his appearance on the BBC's Question Time on Thursday night

Policing 大臣 Chris Philp (pictured) asked '井戸/弁護士席 Rwanda is a different country from Congo isn't it?'

The audience member (pictured) asked whether refugees and asylum seekers from Congo, a neighbouring country, would be sent to Rwanda if deported from the UK

The audience member (pictured) asked whether 難民s and 亡命 探検者s from Congo, a 隣人ing country, would be sent to Rwanda 予定 to 現在進行中の 衝突s between the two nations

The Conservative MP for Croydon South shocked the audience when he asked: 'Well, I mean, Rwanda is a different country to Congo isn't it? It's a different country?'. Pictured: The audience gasps and laughs as he repeatedly blundered in front of the camera

The 大臣 shocked the audience - who gasped and laughed as he 繰り返して 失敗d in 前線 of the camera

In a stark moment of disbelief the camera panned to fellow pane
llist and Shadow Secretary for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting , who responded by giving Mr Philp a wide-eyed, bewildered stare

In a stark moment of 不信 the camera panned to fellow panellist and 影をつくる/尾行する 長官 for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting , who 答える/応じるd by giving Mr Philp a wide-注目する,もくろむd, bewildered 星/主役にする

What is going on between Rwanda and Congo??

Hundreds of thousands have been 軍隊d to 逃げる their homes because of violent 衝突/不一致s between?Democratic 共和国 of Congo and M23 反逆者/反逆するs in eastern Congo.

The DRC's mineral-rich 広大な/多数の/重要な Lakes 地域 has been wracked by 暴力/激しさ since 地域の wars in the 1990s, with 緊張s resurging in late 2021 when 反逆者/反逆するs from the March 23 Movement (M23) began 再度捕まえるing 列s of 領土.?

The DRC, the 国際連合 and Western countries 告発する/非難する Rwanda of supporting 反逆者/反逆する groups, 含むing M23, in a 企て,努力,提案 to 支配(する)/統制する the 地域's 広大な mineral 資源s, an 主張 the African nation 否定するs.?

M23 反逆者/反逆するs 現在/一般に 支配(する)/統制する large 列s of North Kivu and are encircling the 地方の 資本/首都 of Goma, where more than one million 追い出すd by the war have crammed into desperate (軍の)野営地,陣営s.

The UN said in 2023 that people living in eastern DRC 直面するd unheard-of 暴力/激しさ, 指名するing it one of the 'worst places' in the world for children.

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Rwanda has been (刑事)被告 of 供給(する)ing violent 反逆者/反逆する groups in Congo with 武器s and 兵士s, which the Rwandan 政府 has 否定するd.??

In tonight's episode of the BBC Politics show, which was broadcast live from Tottenham, the audience member said: 'I come from a 隣人ing country called Congo, if you know 地理学的に that it is 位置を示すd 権利 next door to Rwanda.

'And 権利 now in Goma there's a 集団殺戮 going on and there's such a big 衝突 going on with people from Rwanda.

'So had my family members come from Goma on a crossing 権利 now would they be sent 支援する to the country that they're 恐らく warring, Rwanda? Does that make sense to you?'

Mr Philp 答える/応じるd: 'I think there's an 除外 on people from Rwanda 存在 sent to Rwanda.'

The audience member and Question Time host Fiona Bruce interrupted the 大臣, 説: 'They're not from Rwanda, they're from Congo. And they're 恐らく warring these people from Rwanda.?

'Are they then going to be sent to Rwanda if they (機の)カム here on a crossing?'

A blustering Mr Philp replied: 'From Congo?'

And the audience member 追加するd: 'From Congo, yeah.'

And to a 背景 of the audience shaking their 長,率いるs, 劇的な rolling their 注目する,もくろむs and laughing, Mr Philp said: 'Would people be sent from... 井戸/弁護士席... Rwanda is a different country from Congo isn't it. Rwanda is a different...'

He later 明らかにするd: 'So there is a 条項 in the 法律制定 that says if somebody would 苦しむ - I think the phrase is 'serious and irreversable 害(を与える)' by 存在 sent somewhere they wouldn't be sent so there is that safety 機械装置 built into the 法律制定.'?

Mr Philp, looking confused, asked: ?well Rwanda is a different country from Congo isn't it??

Mr Philp, looking 混乱させるd, asked: '井戸/弁護士席 Rwanda is a different country from Congo isn't it?'

Shocked, the audience members shook their heads in disbelief and can be heard laughing at the Minister

Shocked, the audience members shook their 長,率いるs in 不信 and can be heard laughin g at the 大臣

Mr Philp has previously drawn howls of laughter on Question Time from audiences reacting to his blundering responses

Mr Philp has 以前 drawn howls of laughter on Question Time from audiences 反応するing to his 失敗ing 返答s

READ MORE:?What is the Rwanda 計画/陰謀? Your questions answered

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答える/応じるing to the clip, 自由主義の 民主党員 MP Sarah Olney 株d the ビデオ on X and commented that 'this is not a serious 政府.'

Mr Philp has 以前 drawn howls of laughter on Question Time from audiences 反応するing to his 失敗ing 返答s.

When he again appeared と一緒に Wes Streeting in June 2022, he answered a question on social 住宅 to the bewilderment of Ms Bruce.

As he tried to explain his thoughts on the 権利 to Buy 計画/陰謀, the 労働 MP was seen 劇的な shaking his 長,率いる as the host asked the audience: 'Am I 行方不明の something?'

答える/応じるing to her question, they were left laughing and shaking their 長,率いるs as they shouted 支援する 'no!'

Finishing his answer with 'if you think about it it does make sense' Ms Bruce again turned to the audience, 説: 'I'm not sure, Chris. I'm not sure you're 納得させるing the audience here.'?

Mr Philp was 任命するd to become 大臣 for 罪,犯罪, Policing and 解雇する/砲火/射撃 in October 2022, after 持つ/拘留するing 役割s as Paymaster General and 大臣 for the 閣僚 Office,?長,指導者 長官 to the 財務省 and 議会の Under 国務長官 at the Department for 数字表示式の, Culture, マスコミ and Sport in the same year.

Between 2020 and 2021 he was 議会の Under 国務長官 at the Home Office and 省 of 司法(官), and before that held positions as?議会の Under 国務長官 at the 省 of 司法(官) and?大臣 for London at the 省 of 住宅, Communities and 地元の 政府.

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