The Latest Breaking News from Priti Patel

Karyna Olshanska and daughter Veronika had safe accommodation arranged in Scotland and passports but officials failed to send travel documents needed

IT’S hard to imagine what it will feel like for any migrant from Afghanistan, Iraq or similar country to be dumped in Kigali this week if Priti Patel’s first deportation flight to Rwanda manages to clear last-ditch court hurdles and take off tomorrow.

Fewer than 10 migrants may be on board the first flight to Kigali if the the flights are not grounded by Court of Appeal challenges

Plans to send asylum seekers to the central African nation, which could be about to get underway, have been bitterly attacked as ‘unlawful’ and contested at the High Court

Home Office fears ‘real prospect’ of number of passengers falling to zero

Home Office source says individual legal cases mean too few people may be able to board plane anyway

The Prime Minister said the policy is necessary to stop illegal people-smuggling rackets on either side of the Channel

The Prime Minister said 'most people' could see Channel smuggling gangs 'need to be stopped' - and asked if the Prince of Wales was 'wrong', replied: 'I've answered that... it’s the job of government to stop people breaking the law'

Priti Patel's bid to fly Britain's unwanted asylum seekers to Rwanda has hit the buffers after a wave of challenges claiming it is illegal. A government source said the number on the flight was just over 10 as of Sunday night