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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Laura Webster

Boris Johnson furious at lawyers 'undermining' Rwanda deportation plan

Boris Johnson held a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning

BORIS Johnson accused lawyers representing migrants of “abetting the work of criminal gangs” as he defended the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ahead of the expected first flight on Tuesday.

The plans have been challenged in the courts and condemned by the Church of England’s senior bishops and reportedly by the Duke of Rothesay, with the Prime Minister acknowledging that there had been criticism from “some slightly unexpected quarters”.

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