Rwanda flights will not take off before general election, says Sunak
- Rishi Sunak confirmed Rwanda flights delay until after the general election, dismissing ties to inflation concerns.
- The prime minister had previously announced asylum-seeker flights to Rwanda starting in July.
- Questions arose about the actual execution of the flights after a general election call for July 4.
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Sunak Confirms No Rwanda Flights Before July Election
Flights to Rwanda, relocating illegal migrants from the UK, will not be taking off before the general election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. Following the announcement of the election date on Wednesday, Mr. Sunak kicked off his campaign tour, speaking about the government’s key policies. One of these—stopping illegal migrants from crossing the English Channel on small boats—saw the government propel the Rwanda bill through Parliament to …
There will be no deportation flights under the asylum agreement with Rwanda in the UK before the parliamentary elections in early July.

With no flights before election, UK's Rwanda migrant scheme may never get off ground
LONDON - The controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda may never get off the ground, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that there would be no deportations before a national election in July. Read more at straitstimes.com.
No migrant deportation flight to Rwanda before general election, says UK premier
'If you think stopping boats is important, and you think like I do that you need deterrent to do that ... then I'm the only one that's going to deliver that,' says Rishi Sunak - Anadolu Ajansı
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