To woo Tory right, Rishi Sunak says will send illegal migrants to Rwanda

Vows to withhold aid money if countries refuse to take back failed asylum seekers, criminals

Rishi Sunak on Sunday focussed on the sensitive issue of immigration by promising a “healthy dose of common sense” approach as part of his bid to win over Conservative Party voters in the leadership race for a new party leader to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.

On the controversial policy of deporting some illegal migrants to Rwanda, he declared that the UK cannot “waste large sums of taxpayers’ money” on the policy only to fall at the first legal hurdle.

“I will make the policy work and will do whatever it takes to implement it and pursue additional similar partnerships,” he