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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Eleni Courea

Sunak ‘confident’ civil service will enact Rwanda bill despite legal concerns

Protester with yellow placard reading: Tory Rwanda 'plan' finally reaches peak insanity. VOTE THEM OUT!
A protester against the Rwanda bill makes his feelings known in Westminster in March. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Rishi Sunak has said he is confident Home Office staff will enact the Rwanda deportation scheme, despite fears that could put them in breach of international law.

The FDA, the union for senior civil servants, has threatened ministers with legal action if they are forced to implement the government’s Rwanda deportation bill despite legal concerns.

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