A former Conservative cabinet minister has called on Rishi Sunak to rethink his “knee-jerk” Rwanda policy while warning that Britain’s record on justice and fairness is under threat.
Sir Robert Buckland, the former justice secretary and a senior Conservative MP, has urged the government to water down the scheme, as a new report found that voters only want migrants to be sent to Rwanda if their asylum claim is denied in Britain.
Under the current scheme, migrants who arrive in the UK illegally would be sent to Rwanda for processing. They would be able to claim asylum in that country.
No one has yet been sent to the African country because of legal challenges, which are due to be decided later this year.
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