Priti Patel has sparked fury after sending a Christmas card showing herself as a fairy magicking up deportations to Rwanda
Priti Patel has been accused of lacking "basic human decency" by a fellow MP after she sent a Christmas card depicting herself as a fairy on top of the tree magicking up deportations to Rwanda.Former Home Secretary Ms Patel, under whose tenure the Rwanda scheme was launched, sent out the card to political contacts, according to reports.
Sitting at the bottom of the tree is a tousle-haired Boris Johnson, shown as a child waiting to open his presents.It comes after the High Court ruled on Monday that the government's scheme to deport migrants who arrive in the UK illegally to Rwanda so they can apply for asylum to the east African country there was ruled legal.
The Rwanda scheme has been attacked as cruel by campaigners, religious groups and opposition politicians alike.
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