Its a relief for Prime Minister rishi sunak who hopes that, barring any last minute legal objections, flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. Official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year. To more than 50,000 a week ago. Well be live in downing street, calais and at the uk Port Of Dover in the next few minutes but first, lets speak to our africa correspondent Barbara Plett usher, whos in the rwandan capital kigali. Barbara . We have actuallyjust barbara . We have actually ust received a fi barbara . We have actually ust received a statement barbara . We have actually ust received a statement from h barbara . We have actuallyjust received a statement from the | received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. The government spokesman said we are pleased the bill has been passed by parliament, however it does not alter what we have known to be true, that we
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