Tag: Rwanda

Damien Green has lashed out at proposals to push Rwanda deportations over the line, comparing senior Tories to Xi and Putin...

"The government are willing to move heaven and earth to deport 200 people, but can’t lift a finger to help thousands of British children going to school with broken clothes and empty stomachs."

Robert Jenrick's flimsy argument was expertly dismantled by Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire on Wednesday.

It will “effectively overrule a decision on the facts, on the evidence, by the highest court in the land”, he argued.

The scheme is believed to have cost £140 million so far, but has been deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court.

Jonathan Gullis, meanwhile, says they should consider physically pushing small boats back into French waters in the Channel.

Campaigners welcomed the verdict with the Freedom from Torture charity hailing it as a “victory for reason and compassion”.

“It’s hugely expensive. It’s a tiny number, a tiny number of individuals who go to Rwanda. And the real problem is at source.”

Johnston Busingye said it was wrong for Britain to still see itself as a "compassionate country".