John Major criticises Rwanda asylum plan as ‘un-Conservative and un-British’

Former prime minister says previous Tory government’s immigration policy would not have acted as a deterrent

Sir John Major has criticised the former Conservative government’s Rwanda scheme, saying it was unsuitable for the 21st century and was “un-Conservative and un-British”.

The Tory former prime minister expressed frustrations around “the way society has come to regard immigration as an ill” and said he did think the policy would have acted as a deterrent.