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
Rebels pressure PM to deliver 'best-case scenario' of 2,000 deportees in six months as sources close to Border Force say it is possibleRishi 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 Lords were continuing to insist on two key amendments – an exception to deportations for migrants who had served with British forces, and an independent committee to delcare whether Rwanda was safe – which had been rejected by MPs This would far exceed the 30 or so first earmarked for the first failed flight in June 2022, which was scuppered by an interim
Detention space has meanwhile been increased to 2,200 while 200 caseworkers are ready to quickly process claims, amid reports that is the number of asylum seekers earmarked to be in the first cohort of flights, the Prime Minister said.The Refugee Council said the Rwanda plan is unlikely to work as a deterrent, describing it as something which will “only compound the chaos within our asylum system, all at an exorbitant cost to taxpayers”.
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