And forth between the House Of Commons and the House Of Lords and is being voted on tonight. Stopping the boats has been one of the prime ministers key election pledges, and he says that flights to rwanda will leave in 10 12 weeks time so, byjuly with an airfield on Standby And Charter planes booked. The Home Office released new figures showing the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk from last summer rose from almost 1,800 injuly to just under 52,000 a week ago. Lets go to westminster now and get the latest from our political editor, chris mason. Hello. Those figures you mentioned there give a sense of the scale of there give a sense of the scale of the issue. They underline the argument the government makes, saying it has to look for a novel, eye catching idea to try to put off people getting in small boats over the channel. But this idea, for two years now, has been bogged down in legal and parliamentary problems. The latest being that the house of
The Prime Minister says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks time come what may. He says an airfield is on Standby And Charter planes are booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. He says peers and mps will have to sit through the Night Tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Our political correspondent, Helen Catt is in westminster. Helen. New statistics out this Morning Show one of the reasons why Rishi Sunak might be so keen to get those flights off soon, last Year Parliament passed a law that said that some asylum cases could only be dealt with by being removed from the uk. But they cant go to rwanda because the Supreme Court ruled it
Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. Here in the Uk Mps are debating the governments controversial rwanda bill, which aims to send some Asylum Seekers to the central african country. Prime minister Rishi Sunak says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 12 weeks time Come What May with an airfield on Standby And Charter planes booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. And he says peers and mps will have to sit through the Night Tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Lets take a closer look at the controversial policy and the stakes. So far this year, more than 6,000 migrants have made the journey across the channel from Continental Europe to england