good afternoon. the prime minister has been defending his plans to stop illegal immigration after the dramatic resignation last night of home office minister robertjenrick who claimed the proposals don t go far enough. this morning, rishi sunak called reporters to downing street and insisted his draft immigration law will prevent every legal challenge that has ever been used to stop asylum seekers being put on flights to rwanda. let s go live now to our political correspondent alex forsyth who s in the houses of parliament. this has been a turbulent time for rishi sunak and that is before one plane carrying asylum seekers to rwanda has got off the ground. after the resignation of his immigration minister robertjenrick, the divisions within the party over the government s approach on this policy have been laid bare. rishi sunak called a press conference trying to persuade people his approach was the right one, the question is when it silence his critics? a prime minister und
hello. asylum shoppers that s how the immigration minister robertjenrick in the commons today described people who come here on small boats. tonight, the government s illegal migration bill passed its third reading by 289 votes to 230 and now heads to the house of lords. mrjenrick said most people who arrive here having crossed the channel have come from france, where it s safe, hence the phrase asylum shoppers . the bill means people will be detained including unaccompanied children and then removed either back to their home country if it s safe, or a safe third country like rwanda. nick s here. there is a bit of movement on both sides of the conservative party. where do you think we are tonight? as you were saying, it is a case of concrete changes for the tory right, undertakings for the tory left. so, three big concessions for the right, some of which we already know about. the first is strengthening the ability of the home secretary not to