Sunak blames Labour for missing spring deadline for Rwanda flights
The Prime Minister acknowledged it will be another 10-12 weeks before planes carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda take off.
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No 10 refuses to commit to spring deadline for Rwanda flights FOUR times
Rishi Sunak’s spokesman said the Rwanda Bill has ‘continued to be delayed’ by peers.
Government set to invoke 2008 clause to force airline to operate Rwanda flights
The terms of the deal, signed over 15 years ago, allows the Ministry of Defence to repurpose the aircraft for "specialist tasks".
Elevenses: The Bark and the Bite
Rishi Sunak will soon realise that a stalled Rwanda Bill is the least of his concerns.
MPs reject amendment protecting victims of modern slavery from deportation to Rwanda
Veteran Conservative backbencher Sir Bill Cash urged peers to “calm down” and described their amendments as “ridiculous”.
Minister says Rwanda flights will start ‘within weeks’, despite no planes or houses
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the Home Office was ‘ready to go’ in implementing the scheme.
Femi reacts to reports French ‘aren’t controlling our borders’
"The very existence of this Conservative government is based on the idea that we should be controlling our borders, not the EU."
Rwanda’s state-owned airline rejects UK proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali
A Home Office insider noted the “irony” of the state-owned airline distancing itself from a scheme that Rwanda’s government has said it is “proud” to be involved in.
70% of Rwandan houses earmarked for asylum seekers have been sold to locals – reports
"Just when you thought you had heard everything", Peter Stefanovic said.