British lawyers could be sent to Rwanda as part of asylum plan

Minister says government looking ‘very carefully’ at idea of stationing lawyers in country as part of new treaty

British lawyers could be sent to Rwanda as part of a new treaty aimed at implementing Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to the African nation, a minister has confirmed.

James Cleverly, the home secretary, is understood to be close to finalising a treaty with Rwanda as part of the prime minister’s goal of making the plan legally watertight after the supreme court’s ruling against the scheme.