Article 6GYKK Robert Jenrick quits frontbench over Rwanda bill, piling pressure on Sunak

Robert Jenrick quits frontbench over Rwanda bill, piling pressure on Sunak

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Rajeev Syal and Kiran Stacey
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Ex-immigration minister and other rightwing rebels fear deportation policy will face more legal challenges

Rishi Sunak's government was plunged into further crisis when the immigration minister quit just hours after the prime minister tabled a bill to save his Rwanda deportation policy.

Robert Jenrick stood down after it was revealed that the legislation did not allow the government to override the international laws that have stopped the government sending asylum seekers to central Africa.

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