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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze & Dan Bloom

Taxpayer-funded Rwanda flight could take off even if there's only one person on board

A flight deporting Channel migrants to Rwanda could take off even if just one passenger is on board - yet the government claims that wouldn’t be a waste of money.

A plane is due to depart tomorrow but campaigners are trying to thwart the plan.

Home Office sources said human rights lawyers had tabled a “deluge” of legal claims on behalf of 31 individuals due to be deported - down from around 130 originally.

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