Posted 4/15/2024, 9:51:00 PM
Sunak pledges £50m payment to Rwanda if controversial asylum seeker deportation bill passes
- Sunak to give Rwanda £50m if controversial deportation bill passes into law this week
- Bill aims to forcibly send asylum seekers arriving by small boats to Rwanda
- Number of small boat arrivals hit record high of 534 on Sunday
- If passed, payment to Rwanda made as soon as bill receives royal assent
- Critics argue Rwanda plan is "unworkable, unaffordable and unlawful" and will not deter Channel crossings