Article 670DK Rwanda dream could still become a nightmare for Suella Braverman | Rajeev Syal

Rwanda dream could still become a nightmare for Suella Braverman | Rajeev Syal

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Rajeev Syal
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High court did not end the home secretary's plans, but there's a long way to go before backbenchers are satisfied

Suella Braverman's self-confessed dream of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is still alive. But it could yet turn into a slow-moving nightmare which will not satisfy the demands of backbench Tory MPs to see a flight take off for Kigali before the next general election.

The home secretary spoke in October of her obsession" with the plan - drawn up by her predecessor Priti Patel - to send a plane carrying asylum seekers to the central African state with a dubious human rights record.

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