The government has been forced to cancel its first deportation flight to Rwanda after last-ditch legal appeals threw plans into chaos.
The UK's plan to send migrants to Rwanda has been heavily criticised, including by a group of senior Bishops who said it "shamed" Britain."I do not agree that assessment at all. We are carrying out this policy that will deal with the appalling people trafficking that is taking place and those are the people that are immoral," she said.
However, senior Church of England bishops, including the archbishops of Canterbury and York, criticised the plan to give migrants one-way tickets to the east African nation as part of Home Secretary Priti Patel's bid to curb Channel crossings. It is not the first time Most Rev Justin Welby has spoken out on the issue, after having used his Easter sermon to say there were "serious ethical questions about sending asylum seekers overseas".However, Boris Johnson and other Cabinet ministers hit back at Mr Welby for his intervention in April.
"Rwanda is a fundamentally safe and secure country with a track record of supporting asylum seekers and we are confident the agreement is fully compliant with all national and international law."Migrants - as well as campaign groups and a union - asked judges at the Court of Appeal on Monday to block the upcoming deportation flight.
The charity said 24 individuals the Government wanted to remove had succeeded in having their tickets cancelled.
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