Cooper: Rwanda flights coverage shambles and shameful

The house secretary has nobody however herself responsible for the shortage of Rwanda asylum flights, Yvette Cooper has advised MPs.

The shadow dwelling secretary mentioned the plan had “by no means been a severe coverage”, branding it a “shambles” and “shameful”.

Ms Cooper urged the Dwelling Workplace had withdrawn most people concerned, and solely seven would have been on the primary flight on Monday that the European Court docket of Human Rights prevented from taking off.

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