PM FUGHTS BACK: WE WILL DEPORT MIGRANTS

Rishi:'I will not allow a foreign court to block our plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda....'

- Sam Lister, Michael Knowles

RISHI Sunak vowed to defy foreign judges and push ahead with deportations to Rwanda.

He announced emergency laws designating it a safe country after Britain's Supreme Court ruled the plan to remove illegal migrants unlawful. But he also issued a warning to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg that he will do "what is necessary" to make the plan a reality if it throws more obstacles in the way later on.

The Prime Minister said he still hopes the first flights will take off next spring despite yesterday's setback.

He announced the emergency legislation to stop the of domestic "merry-go-round" legal challenges.

The PM said: "We must be honest about the fact that even once Parliament has changed the law here at home, we could still face challenges from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

"I told Parliament earlier today that I'm prepared to change our laws and re-visit those international relationships to remove the obstacles in our way. So let me tell everybody now, I will not allow a foreign court to block these flights.

If the Strasbourg court chooses to intervene against the expressed wishes of Parliament, I am prepared to do what is necessary to get flights off. I will not take the easy way out.