The UK is pushing ahead with plans to deport the first of many asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, in spite of a flurry of legal challenges and claims that Prince Charles thinks the policy is “appalling”.
Home secretary Priti Patel is also preparing to launch an advertising campaign on Facebook and Instagram, warning potential migrants to the UK that they too face deportation to Africa if they cross the English Channel in clandestine fashion in small boats.
The deportation strategy, described by Patel as “world leading”, will see Rwanda take some of the asylum seekers arriving in Britain in exchange for development aid, provided the courts do not intervene to stop it.