Rishi Sunak ‘to give Rwanda £15m’ in bid to seal new asylum deal
1 year, 3 months ago

Rishi Sunak ‘to give Rwanda £15m’ in bid to seal new asylum deal

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak is set to hand Rwanda at least £15m more to sign a treaty to take asylum seekers deported from the UK, it has emerged. Following the judgment by the Supreme Court on November 15, Downing Street originally said a new small boats law would be published within days but the wait has gone on for more than two weeks. Almost 28,500 asylum seekers have arrived in 2023 using the sea route, with the one year anniversary of Mr Sunak’s stop the boats pledge approaching next month. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed the Rwanda policy as a “gimmick” and accused the Tories of a “betrayal” of their 2019 manifesto commitment to lower migration.

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