Rishi Sunak raises doubt over asylum flights to Rwanda this summer

Prime minister tells MPs ‘no one has promised’ flights by summer, after Home Office source said plans were on track

Rishi Sunak has raised doubts that asylum flights to Rwanda will take off by the summer, despite official briefings during Suella Braverman’s trip to the African country that plans were on track.

During an appearance at the Commons liaison committee, the prime minister told MPs that “no one has promised flights by the summer” after he was pressed over the deterrent effect of the policy so far.