Government to ‘Get Cracking’ With Sending Illegal Immigrants to Rwanda If Policy Clears Legal Hurdle, Minister Says

Government to ‘Get Cracking’ With Sending Illegal Immigrants to Rwanda If Policy Clears Legal Hurdle, Minister Says
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden, speaks to the media as he departs BBC Broadcasting House in London on March 19, 2023. Victoria Jones/PA
Lily Zhou
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Ministers will “get cracking straight away” if the courts determine that it’s lawful to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda, the UK’s Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden said on Sunday.

It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman expanded the two governments’ refugee resettlement deal to include all illegal immigrants during her weekend visit in Rwanda.