Braverman Hits Back on Rwanda and Calls for ‘End to Self-Deception’ by Sunak

The former home secretary Suella Braverman—who was sacked on Monday—has said the government needs to end its “self-deception” about being able to make its flagship Rwanda policy for illegal immigrants palatable to the UK Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. In an article in the Telegraph, Ms. Braverman said the government’s current position would mean no deportation flights would depart for Rwanda before the general election and she set out a five-point plan for getting them underway. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled the Rwanda policy was unlawful as there remained a “real risk” illegal immigrants who had entered the UK and were then transferred to the east African nation might be sent back to the countries they came from where they originated and where they might face “ill-treatment.”...