UK and Rwanda ‘still committed’ to deal after reports Kigali is cooling

Protesters outside the supreme court earlier this month before the judgment that the Rwanda policy was unlawful was handed down. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The UK and Rwanda remain committed to their controversial migrant deportation deal, sources have said, after reports emerged that support in Kigali for the agreement had cooled because of the continual delays.

Westminster has already paid the Rwandan government more than £140m but nobody has been sent to the east African country yet. The first flight was scheduled for June 2022 but was cancelled after legal challenges.