Britain took 50 migrants from Belfast months before Rishi Sunak said he was 'not interested' in accepting returned asylum seekers who had crossed over into Ireland.
The details of the operation were contained in monthly reports submitted by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to the Policing Authority and reported by the Irish Times. It comes as Rishi Sunak faces fresh pressure from within his own party after The High Court in Belfast this week decided that parts of his flagship Illegal Migration Act cannot apply to Northern Ireland because of post-Brexit agreements with the EU.
The Government, which has pledged to appeal the ruling, has insisted this is not the case and a Home Office minister today warned migrants they are still 'within scope of relocation to Rwanda' if they cross the Irish Sea. This graphic shows the seven immigration removal centres where migrants will be held before they're put on a plane bound for Rwanda, with the first flights earmarked to take place in July
'I believed the assurances made to me at the time, but isn't it now patently clear the Windsor Framework has operated in way to undermine our sovereignty, to undermine Northern Ireland's place in the UK.Fellow former Cabinet minister Sir John Redwood urged Mr Sunak to bring forward new laws to assert UK control over border policies.
Immigration Enforcement agents were seen this month carrying out raids to detain the first Rwanda deportees
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