Rwanda bill: 'Success is when the boats have been stopped,' PM tells Sky News

When asked by Sky's Beth Rigby if the Rwanda bill goes through, will it be a moment of success for him, Rishi Sunak answers: "Success is when the boats have been stopped. That's what the country expects, that's what the government and I are committed to delivering."
He admits the first flights taking off in 10-12 weeks is "later than we wanted", and blamed Labour for the delay.
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[@1976darby]

500 million for 500 refugees say that to yourself with an ounce of respect for the tax payer

[@tlg5003]

If it deters another 1,000 from coming then it's a lot less. If it deters 2000 then even more etc.

[@1976darby]

@@tlg5003 but it will not stop trying to justify this bs its rishi filling his mates pockets and your falling for it again 1 million per head plus however many rwandans coming back in exchange

[@pureplay7071]

@@tlg5003 It wont deter anyone and anyone with a working brain cell can see that.

[@ravd8082]

@@1976darby if it gets rid of failed asylum seekers, ex offenders converting to Christianity then so be it

[@salimchowdhury-mb6vp]

Rishi Sunak Prime Minister without election undemocratic 👇👇👇

[@kevinbaxter7390]

Zero chance of Take Off It’s talk ,not once I’ve heard or saw a Smuggling Gang in handcuffs,from any European country,or tried in court .

[@darrylsimpson4744]

Did “Richi” watch Question Time? The “selected” audience were TOTALLY against Rwanda. So much for the “British People” being for Rwanda. 🥴🇬🇧

[@wildandbarefoot]

1million quid per asylum seeker? This guy makes no sense. Its almost like its a stunt.....

[@jchendrix]

Over £500,000,000.00 spent and not one flight yet. sums up Sunak's leadership and the present government.

[@StratsRUs]

His " country expects "

[@toogyman]

Reaction has been widespread Churchill weighed in “Never in the history of politics has so much been spent on a policy that will impact hardly any and will deter so few ! “

[@poplife123]

We dont want flights we want a general election .... he's gotta go

[@thenglihcollector984]

Bless him he's so out of touch must think this will be an election winner 😂😂

[@GerryT.]

More Tory MPs then Labour, more Tories in the House of Lords than Labour, but Sunak blames Labour .

[@Cherrytune386]

WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF 14 YEARS OF TORIES.

[@lindaayling1645]

He smirks and talks outer his jacksy😂😂

[@martinharvey9039]

He should drop his trousers and face the mic, so we can lip read what he really means.

[@natsdaley9615]

What happened to flights i the Spring? Labour peers stopping the plan do mea favour the lords have a majority of tory peers ffs GE NOW ( caps used )

[@user-se3cu1ss7s]

liebour will be even worse.

[@flemlion13]

Rishi setting himself up for failure unless he can fudge the boats numbers. Because this whole Rwanda will not make a dent and be shown to be an actual costly gimmick

[@dragonback6075]

Just another money laundering scheme for Rishi-rat and his fellow traitors

[@philipcorrigan507]

He's Got my Vote. Really good News 👌👌👌

[@stequality]

Lol always one joker

[@jameshealey6535]

If he really wants to do "what the british people want" then 1. Dump this expensive vanity project and 2. Call a GE today so we can get rid of this shameless charlatan.

[@AnthonyBicknell]

He is Delusional.

[@richardblomstrand6896]

We need Rishi Sunak in Sweden! 😅

[@poplife123]

Take him please

[@ravd8082]

its happening all over europe

[@toogyman]

When Rish Sunak saw the breadth of voter disdain He wept for there were no voters left to conquer

[@bombheadgames9565]

Simply just amend the bill! .. So that if it turns out Rawanda is not safe all who proposed the bill get sent there.

[@FontaineDerby]

Israel had a "voluntary departure" scheme for 4,000 migrant deportations with Rwanda between 2014 and 2017. Most were driven straight to the border. Almost all are thought to have left the country almost immediately, with many attempting to return to Europe via people-smuggling routes. Rwandan homes that were previously earmarked to house migrants deported from the UK have already been sold to local buyers. the developer has said. Some 70% of the 163 affordable homes on the Bwiza Riverside estate have been sold, the developer ADHI-Rwanda said. On top of the £220 million Britain has already paid Rwanda, the UK government has agreed to pay an extra £150 million over the next three years, and £120 million pounds once the first 300 asylum seekers have been resettled, the National Audit Office (NAO) said on Friday 1st March 2024. Still not one person has been sent to Rwanda.

[@paulatreides0777]

To him its all monopoly money

[@darrylsimpson4744]

Is my old MP first Rushcliffe, Ken Clarke, now a Labour Peer? This man is sick. Seriously sick.

[@Baschn66]

Let’s see in a few months how many of these hotels will go out of business. Who put them there in the first place?

[@JoeWedgwood-ik9zo]

Performative politics that are costing a fortune…. But it’s disabled people’s fault we are all skint 😂

[@NTL578]

How is it there's so many people that can't admit that quite clearly it's not about punishing disabled people, but there's a benefit class in this country, quite often generational, that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world. At a time when the world is becoming ultra competitive, It's not going to work.

[@powerplay8355]

After moaning about illegal immigration and the boat people the British now still complaining 😂😂

[@joselando-wh8ne]

But there is not a better way to deal with this issue? This bill or business may increase or expand in days and years to come which I think it won't work......

[@Slumbert]

Damages to hotels?

[@teflerchina.2987]

Rwanda should refuse to accept them.If the U.K wants to stop asylum seekers then it should help the countries they are fleeing from. The U.K is party to the unrest in those countries. Iraq, Sudan,Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen and others.

[@Slumbert]

Okay, looking for boats up to election day.

[@bobbiedavro]

Let's get Rishi out

[@chopperharris32]

Sunak is mr 5 pledge failure

[@music-dog]

Too little too late

[@janettetaylor8760]

Wonder if klaus schwab WEF won't b impressive with him

[@mayray6434]

he may b on that plane 😅

[@tedcrilly1]

Fishi Nutsak

[@janettetaylor8760]

Is this coming out of taxpayers money s well then.

[@granulesackes4354]

PM is top G

[@user-js3rg9sj1k]

😂😂😂😂😂crap.

[@pureplay7071]

He is on his own little planet, no one cares about the bloody boats, they care about the cost of living.

[@Kan23666]

Actually the majority of people do care about the boats.

[@pureplay7071]

@@Kan23666 Yes it's somewhere on peoples list, as it is on mine but I'm sure if people were asked most people would say the NHS, Energy or creaking services.