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UK PM postpones deportation flights to Rwanda until after July elections amidst ‘deep misgivings’ by Church leaders

UK PM postpones deportation flights to Rwanda until after July elections amidst ‘deep misgivings’ by Church leaders

Europe Africa Society & Culture

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has postponed the plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Speaking during a campaign rally, Sunak said that the flights to Rwanda will commence immediately after the July 4 elections, if his Conservative Party wins the snap elections. Sunak had vowed that the flights will commence in July “come what may” even as the Labour Party pledges to reverse the policy if it takes over the government. 

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