First Rwanda flight in 10 to 12 weeks
“The first flight will leave in 10 to 12 weeks.”
Not met
Where it stands
The flight was to take people who had arrived in the UK illegally to Rwanda. Twelve weeks from 22 April 2024 is 15 July 2024. No such flight had left by then: on 22 July 2024 the new Home Secretary told the Commons that the partnership had cost £700 million to send four volunteers, including the cost of chartering flights that never took off, and that the government would end it. The government had changed on 5 July 2024.
What has happened
- Apr 2024The Prime Minister says the first flight to Rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks, Promised
- Jul 2024First flight due, 12 weeks after the statement, Deadline
- Jul 2024The Home Secretary tells the Commons that flights to Rwanda never took off and that the partnership will end, Not met evidence
About the cost
No figure in the statement. The Home Secretary told the Commons on 22 July 2024 that the partnership with Rwanda had cost £700 million, including £290 million in payments to Rwanda.
More detail
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