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Suella Braverman has refused to commit to a date for achieving the government’s aim of stopping small migrant boats crossing the Channel.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The home secretary told the BBC she wanted to deliver on the pledge as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But she admitted the government was facing an ongoing legal challenge over its Rwanda plan, and that it could not control court timeframes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The PM has said stopping migrant crossings is one of his top priorities. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ms Braverman told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “The prime minister’s made the key pledge to stop the boats, it’s going to be pretty obvious when we’ve succeeded in achieving that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“I’m not going to put clear dates on everything.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n- How is the UK stopping Channel crossings?<\/li>\n
- What is the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Under the government’s plans, people who arrive in the UK through illegal routes could be sent to Rwanda on a one-way ticket to claim asylum there. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In December the High Court ruled the plan was legal, but the decision is currently going through an appeals process. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Last month several papers reported that a source in the Home Office had claimed there were plans to get flights to Rwanda off the ground by the summer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But the government has not committed to a timeframe publicly. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“There’s a hearing later this month, we need to wait for the court to adjudicate,” Ms Braverman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“I can’t control court deadlines and therefore we will respect any decision from the court but we have to abide by the timelines set by the judges.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Labour’s shadow communities secretary Lisa Nandy said the Rwanda policy was “a con trick being perpetrated on the British people”, as it would most likely never materialise. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She added that it had cost the taxpayer “a huge amount of money and hasn’t seen a single person go to Rwanda”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Liberal Democrats said Ms Braverman’s comments showed that the Rwanda plan was “unworkable” and “on hold”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n