Will we really see Rwanda flights?

SO DURING a cost-of-living crisis, Rishi Sunak will spend millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to deport handfuls of people at a time to Rwanda, in an act of performative cruelty that Amnesty International has labelled a ‘national disgrace’. This unpopular policy was not in the Tory election manifesto, does absolutely nothing to stop illegal immigration and is described as unlawful by the UN and our own Supreme Court, yet it will become law because an embattled government wants to score political points. What’s more, it is entirely futile because it will inevitably be repealed by the next government.

Sunak may think he has made himself look strong. In fact, he has put an albatross around his neck that he will carry into the next General Election.

FEDEricO MOScOgiuri, Hertford. LAST-GASP Sunak has declared that flights to Rwanda will be off soon — but that’s assuming migrants will line up ready to go. The Home Office has no idea where many of them are and when the deportation letters arrive at their taxpayer-funded hotels, most will leg it as fast as possible. Still, Sunak can be proud of his smoking ban and his next ban on wet wipes, which may unblock the sewers but won’t block the small boats.

A. McgrAtH, Wallingford, Oxon. TO STEM the tide of illegal migrants, the Government should introduce a one-appeal-only rule.

If that appeal fails, they should be on the next plane to Rwanda.

DAViD JOnES, Lancing, W. Sussex.

ANNOUNCING his determination to get failed asylum seekers off to Rwanda, Rishi blamed Leftie lawyers for ‘using every trick in the book’ to delay matters. Well, Rishi, you left the loopholes for them to exploit. With a looming election, even if you do succeed in removing a handful of boat people, it’s too late now. Your two years of inaction lost you any brownie points on this issue.