Truss: Rwanda flight will take off, unclear how many onboard
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Truss: Rwanda flight will take off, unclear how many onboard
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is confident the first deportation flight to Rwanda will "leave today" but says she doesn't "know exactly" how many people will be on it.
She reiterates the government's aim to break the "business model" of people smugglers and adds that the policy is also about dealing with the "overall issue" of illegal migration, which she describes as a "big problem".
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Home secretary James Cleverly says the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is "an absolute priority." Mr Cleverly is tasked with delivering a new treaty with Rwanda and introducing emergency legislation after the Supreme Court found the government’s current plan to be unlawful. He added that it's "important that we get this treaty right and that it serves the British people." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rwanda may be getting more than the ÂŁ140m it has already been paid under the controversial deportation deal, despite no flights taking off, MPs have been told. Sky News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is "completely committed" to starting deportation flights to Rwanda and will not let a "foreign court" get in the way of the scheme.
His comments follow last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court which found the government’s scheme to be unlawful.
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Former health secretary Matt Hancock has left after giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry in west London.
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