70% of migrant homes are sold off

SUELLA Braverman has admitted she is disappointed homes earmarked for migrants deported to Rwanda have been sold off.

A total of 70% of the 163 homes on the Bwiza Riverside estate have been sold to private buyers.

Authorities in the capital Kigali insisted: “None of the housing estates were ever meant to be only for migrants”. They added: “The idea is to integrate migrants into Rwandan communities, not create migrant ghettos.”

Ms Braverman said: “I’m disappointed to read that expectations have fallen and that the Rwandans are now selling off some of those properties.”

The former Home Secretary also declared the “only way” to end the Channel small boat crisis is to send hundreds of asylum seekers to Kigali on “regular” flights.

Deportation flights have been grounded since June 2022 when a judge from the European Court of Human Rights issued an injunction blocking their departure for Rwanda.

A manager at the estate said the homes had been sold to “private people who want to live in them”. Hassan Adan Hassan, the developer’s managing director, told reporters: “Currently we’ve sold almost 70% of affordable homes. We are left with some units.

Electricity is connected to the houses. Water and fibre optic cables are connected to the houses. The roads and street lights are done.”

Mrs Braverman renewed her criticism of Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan and claimed only a “token flight” will take off.

She said: “The plan I put forward to the Prime Minister is that we need to have a large number of flights going to Rwanda on a regular basis, with a large number of passengers on them.”

Labour demanded urgent clarity on the Rwanda homes scheme “farce”, calling on the Prime Minister to address it directly.

Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock said: “Now it seems there will be even less capacity to house those that are removed.

“The Tories’ so-called plan is unravelling by the day and taxpayers are footing the bill.”