Sunak faces right-wing Tory revolt on Rwanda as Cleverly signs controversial treaty
by Adam Forrest and Kate Devlin
Dec 05, 2023
4 minutes
Home secretary James Cleverly has signed a new treaty with Rwanda in a bid to rescue Rishi Sunak’s thwarted deportation plan.
Emergency legislation is also planned soon, as Mr Sunak tries to assert that Rwanda is a safe country to send migrants arriving on small boats.
But senior Tories on the right are plotting a rebellion and are pushing the PM to opt out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – warning that it’s “three strikes and you’re out” after previous attempts to get Rwanda flights started failed.
understands a group of around 35 MPs in the hardline New Conservatives group reportedly met with other colleagues on the right on Monday night to discuss whether
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