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Downing Street repeatedly blocked attempts by Suella Braverman to \u201cinsure\u201d the Government against legal challenges, the Daily Express has learned.<\/p>\n
The former Home Secretary proposed plans for UK asylum officials to be based in Kigali to process asylum claims.<\/p>\n
This, sources said, would have prevented the Rwanda deportation scheme from being grounded over \u201crefoulement\u201d fears.<\/p>\n
Lord Reed, delivering the bombshell Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday morning, said the \u201cchanges needed to eliminate the risk of refoulement may be delivered in the future, but they have not been shown to be in place now\u201d.<\/p>\n
An ally of Braverman blasted the Government\u2019s failure to get the flights off the ground, declaring: \u201cThe stupidity of this is the predictability of it all.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuella repeatedly proposed a plan when she first came in as Home Secretary to have the option to carry out UK asylum offshoring in Rwanda, which would have insured against this loss in the courts.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it was blocked by the magical thinkers in Number 10. They played roulette with the British public and just blindly banked on winning in the court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Home Secretary James Cleverly has revealed the UK is finalising a new deal with Rwanda to give judges \u201cthe certainty that\u201d they demand.<\/p>\n
LIVE BLOG: Rishi Sunak confirms Rwanda fightback with ‘new deal’ now in motion<\/strong><\/p>\n Former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel also claimed ministers had the opportunity to address issues related to refoulement prior to the Supreme Court’s judgment.<\/p>\n She said: “(The Supreme Court’s) judgment was clear on this issue today, but it’s not new, it has been raised earlier this year in the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n “If I may say so, ministers have had the opportunity to address some of these practical measures and means thus far prior to today’s judgment.<\/p>\n “So, can I please urge the Home Secretary to take every necessary step and measure to work with the government of Rwanda on the practical and operational delivery of this policy … to give all those assurances.”<\/p>\n She said the deal with Rwanda is “integral to making sure that we can break that model … of stopping the evil trade of people smuggling”.<\/p>\nRishi Sunak reveals government working on ‘new treaty with Rwanda’<\/h3>\n
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