Rwanda flights will not take off before general election, says Sunak

UK’s Sunak says no Rwanda deportation flights before election

A Labour victory in July 4 poll could scuttle controversial scheme to send asylum seekers to the African country.

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 …

With no flights before election, UK’s Rwanda migrant scheme may never get off ground

By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – 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. After taking office in October 2022, Sunak made the plan to send migrants who arrived in Britain without permission to the East African nation one of his …

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

Sunak admits Rwanda flights will not take off before election - and denies vote called due to expected inflation rise

The prime minister has called a general election for 4 July in what was a surprise for many MPs.