Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the Home Office was ‘ready to go’ in implementing the scheme.
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the Government wanted the flights to start ‘as quickly as possible’
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has repeatedly said flights to Kigali will take off by spring, but refused to name a specific date. Asked whether the Government had an air carrier ready yet, Ms Atkins said: “The Home Office is working on this, and so believe you me, the Home Office is ready to go.”Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the Rwanda scheme was ‘one part’ of the Government’s overall plan to cut illegal migration
As well as compelling judges to regard the east African country as safe, the legislation would also give ministers the power to ignore emergency injunctions.
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