MPs are urged to 'unite behind' the Rwanda Bill

RISHI Sunak is braced for a fresh round of parliamentary wrangling over his Bill to save the Government's stalled Rwanda deportation scheme, as MPs and peers returned to Westminster.

The legislation is high on the agenda after a minister insisted flights carrying asylum seekers to Kigali should be taking off "within weeks".

It comes as Sunday became the busiest day yet for Channel crossings so far this year after more than 500 migrants arrived in the UK in a single day. It means some 6,000 people have made the journey in 2024 to date, with more than 75,000 arrivals recorded two years on from the Rwanda deal being signed.

Downing Street urged parliamentarians to "unite behind" the Rwanda Bill, which it suggested should pass unamended.