{"id":23080,"date":"2024-04-10T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/rwanda-scheme-pm-rishi-sunak-refuses-to-name-date-for-first-deportation-flight\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:27:00","slug":"rwanda-scheme-pm-rishi-sunak-refuses-to-name-date-for-first-deportation-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/rwanda-scheme-pm-rishi-sunak-refuses-to-name-date-for-first-deportation-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda scheme: PM Rishi Sunak refuses to name date for first deportation flight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rishi Sunak has refused to name a date for when the first flight will take asylum seekers to Rwanda.<\/p>\n

The prime minister has given his full backing to the policy – first introduced by Boris Johnson<\/a><\/strong> – that would see those arriving in the UK via small boat crossings or other illegal means deported to the African country to have their asylum claims assessed.<\/p>\n

But despite having pledged to get flights off the ground in the spring<\/a><\/strong>, Mr Sunak would not give reporters a firm date, instead saying: “We need to get the bill through parliament first… but I am confident that once the bill is passed, we will be able to get this scheme up and running.”<\/p>\n

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It comes as the number of people who arrived in the UK on small boats in the Channel rose above 5,000<\/strong><\/a> by the end of March for the first time.<\/p>\n

The previous record high figure for January to March was 4,548 in 2022, with 3,793 arrivals in the first quarter of last year.<\/p>\n

The government’s Rwanda<\/strong><\/a> scheme has faced huge opposition from campaigners and rival parties, and was ruled unlawful<\/a><\/strong> by the UK Supreme Court last November.<\/p>\n

As a result, the government altered the legislation to include a new treaty and to state in law that Rwanda is a safe country.<\/p>\n

It has still faced fierce criticism though – especially in the House of Lords, which has applied multiple changes to the bill<\/a><\/strong> before sending it back to the Commons.<\/p>\n

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MPs are expected to vote on those amendments when they return to parliament next week, but the law could be stuck in so-called parliamentary “ping pong” between the two chambers for some time if peers decide to stand their ground.<\/p>\n

Now we have entered spring, reporters asked the prime minister for a date when the first flight would take off.<\/p>\n

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He said: “I just saw the president of Rwanda in Downing Street this week and they are absolutely committed to delivering on our partnership and I am confident that they have got all the preparation in place to do so.<\/p>\n

“Look, I am committed to stopping the boats. We need to have a deterrent so that if people come here illegally they can’t stay, they will be removed. That’s why Rwanda is so important. That’s why I am determined to see it through.”<\/p>\n

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But Mr Sunak added: “First of all we need to get it through parliament, where the Labour Party has been blocking it for a long time.<\/p>\n

“Once it is up and running I am confident we will be able to operationalise the scheme [and] get people on flights because that’s how we set up a deterrent and ultimately end the unfairness of people jumping the queue, coming here illegally, putting pressure on local services and risking their own lives.<\/p>\n

“None of that’s right, none of it’s fair and none of it’s compassionate either, to do nothing, and our plan is the right one.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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