Rebels pressure PM to deliver 'best-case scenario' of 2,000 deportees in six months as sources close to Border Force say it is possible with weekly flights
Rebels pressure PM to deliver 'best-case scenario' of 2,000 deportees in six months as sources close to Border Force say it is possible with weekly flightsRishi Sunak has been accused by Conservative rebels of being in “la la land” after admitting further delays to his flagship Rwanda scheme while insisting he will still “start the flights” and “stop the boats” crossing the Channel.
But the rebels suggested the scheme would continue to be frustrated by legal challenges because the Bill still allows asylum seekers to appeal their deportation on the grounds that they individually would suffer “serious and irreversible harm” if they were sent to Rwanda.understands that the Home Office is still unable to say when this effect would kick in, although it is working with analysts to measure the impact of the policy.
The legislation was finally expected to be approved last night after a protracted back and forth with the House of Lords. The legislation is “fatally flawed” and has “too many loopholes”, she told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. In an attempt to demonstrate how advanced planning is for flights, Mr Sunak also insisted there was an airfield “on stand-by”, commercial charter planes have been booked “for specific slots”, and 500 “highly-trained individuals” are ready to escort illegal migrants all the way to Rwanda, with 300 more expected to be trained in the coming weeks.
Enver Solomon, the council’s chief executive, said: “Even if, as the Prime Minister asserts, there is to be ‘a regular rhythm of multiple flights every month’, this will still only correspond to at most a few thousand people a year out of tens of thousands.”
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