Rishi Sunak claims new Rwanda asylum bill will prevent legal challenges
by Pippa Crerar, political editor, and Kiran Stacey from World news | The Guardian on (#6GZ77)
Prime minister holds emergency press conference to try to regain control over immigration debate as Tory rebellion grows
Rishi Sunak was forced into a desperate defence of his new Rwanda asylum law as he battled to hold together the fractured Conservative party amid speculation that he could face a challenge to his own position.
The prime minister told an emergency Downing Street press conference that he would finish the job" of getting his controversial deportation plan off the ground despite criticism from the Tory right and anxiety among centrist MPs.
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