The British government says it plans to start deporting asylum seekers on July 23, as revealed by court documents on Monday. However, this controversial scheme hinges on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party winning the upcoming election. The policy, which involves sending asylum seekers who arrived in Britain to the East African nation, is one of Sunak’s key initiatives, but legal and parliamentary challenges have prevented its implementation.
Sunak recently stated that the deportation flights would not occur before the election on July 4
Sunak recently stated that the deportation flights would not occur before the election on July 4. He has promised that if he wins, they would commence shortly after, despite trailing the opposition Labour Party by about 20 points in opinion polls, which has pledged to scrap the plan. In documents submitted to the London High Court as part of a charity’s challenge to the policy, government lawyers indicated that the plan is “to effect removals with a flight to Rwanda on 23 July, 2024 (and not before).”