The prime minister denies he had doubts about the Rwanda scheme when he was chancellor in 2022. Speaking at a 'PM Connect' Q&A event in Accrington in Lancashire, Sunak expressed confidence he could get the scheme through parliament, saying that the legislation would be brought forward in the coming weeks. Sunak has made 'stopping the boats' one of his top five priorities, and is seeking to revive the plan after the supreme court upheld an appeal court ruling that there was a real risk of deported refugees having their claims in Rwanda wrongly assessed or being returned to their country of origin to face persecution

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2024 14:14 UTC