Rishi Sunak admits no Rwanda deportation flights will take off before election
Rishi Sunak has admitted there will be no Rwanda deportation flights before the general election.
The morning after calling a snap contest on 4 July, the prime minister said asylum seekers will be deported to the east African nation only “if I am re-elected”.
Pressed repeatedly on whether any deportation flights would take off before voters go to the polls, Mr Sunak repeatedly said the scheme would only get up and running after the election.
He has previously promised to start
