Peers 'need to calm down' MP says as Lords' amendments to Rwanda bill get rejected

More people were detected crossing the Channel illegally on Sunday than any other day so far this year, but the Rwanda Bill is still stuck in Parliament, ITV News Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana reports

MPs returned from the Easter recess on Monday to discuss six further changes made by peers, with the government tabling motions to disagree with them – while also moving its own proposal in a bid to ease concerns over how the Bill operates in relation to modern slavery victims.The Bill seeks to compel judges to regard the East African country as safe in a bid to clear the way to send asylum seekers who cross the Channel in small boats on a one-way flight to Rwanda.

Opening the debate, Home Office minister Michael Tomlinson said: “Here we are, back again, debating the same issues and amendments we have already rejected. We’re not quite at the point yet of completing each others’ sentences, but we are almost there.”He said: “The boats have kept coming, the backlog has kept growing, and the people smugglers are still laughing all the way to the bank.

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