Rishi Sunak has sought to convince European leaders to support his plans to detain and remove people to Rwanda – using a summit address to link the “lessons” of the Ukraine war to what he said was a need to confront threats such as illegal migration.
Downing Street earlier hailed an agreement reached between Sunak and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, to establish a new working arrangement to “strengthen cooperation” between the EU and the UK on migration.
