Transport Secretary Mark Harper and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are pushing for deportation flights to Rwanda before the general election. Harper intends to start the flights, but cannot guarantee the timing. Sunak remains committed to the original timeline despite challenges in parliament.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he still expects the government to begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda in the spring, maintaining the original timeline for the scheme which is currently being debated in parliament https://t.co/w6JgC5vJr7 https://t.co/1pqnIUwdtu
Rishi Sunak aims to get Rwanda deportation flights to take off from Britain within weeks https://t.co/SVnTevRZfk
'Everyone is trying to block us' PM @RishiSunak says he's 'still committed to the timeline set out previously' for the Rwanda plan, as his Bill returns to the Commons after the Lords backed ten changes https://t.co/oBXC0Fa1lm
Transport secretary Mark Harper won't guarantee that flights to Rwanda will take off before the election. He will only say it's “absolutely our intention” to get deportation flights going
Transport secretary Mark Harper says it’s “absolutely our intention” to get deportation flights off to Rwanda before general election, but can’t guarantee.