Tory rebels continue to believe his Safety of Rwanda Bill is not tough enough to deliver more than a few token flights
That much was clear when the Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference on Monday to say that the scheme would be properly up and running with multiple flights a month before a likely autumn election, rather than just a token “proof of concept” departure before a snap poll.
No one, including the Home Office, really knows when the scheme will become a deterrent but, given that 30,000 people arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats in 2023, 2,000 in six months may be in the right ballpark. Whatever the numbers sent to the east African nation, if Mr Sunak can prove a deterrent effect it will create a major headache for Labour, which continues to vow to scrap the scheme if it wins power come what may.
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