Eastern areas, cloud, Light Rain In The South East and a cool wind along the south east and a cool wind along the north sea coast. More later. Its tuesday the 23rd of april. Asylum seekers who enter the uk illegally could be sent to rwanda after a Government Bill finally made it through parliament in the early hours, after months of delays. It declared the african country to be safe. The bill will become law within the next few days and the Prime Minister has said the first flights will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. Human Rights Groups described the plan as shameful. Our Political Correspondent ben wright has the details. Long after most people had gone to bed, parliament carried on working, wrestling with the issue of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The governments plan had faced strong resistance in the House Of Lords. They voted for changes mps kept rejecting. My lords, this bill has now been scrutinised a number of times. The government have rejected this amendment several tim
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
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