2,000 migrants set to be sent to Rwanda in first six months, Government believes

Around 5,000 asylum seekers will be sent in year one according to internal scenario planning, sources told i

The first attempt to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was scuppered by the courts in June 2022 Thousands of asylum seekers are set to be sent to Rwanda by the UK in the first year of the

But Rishi Sunak is hopeful that the scheme will have an immediate deterrent effect when it becomes operational, having seen the number of Albanians drop sharply following his returns deal with the Balkan state. If peers dig in on amendments to water down the legislation on Wednesday night, the remaining stages will be delayed until after Easter parliamentary recess, meaning it may not pass until mid-April, leading to speculation flights may not take off until June.

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