Rwanda Sues UK Over Scrapped Deportation Deal

Conservative Party narrative

The Rwanda scheme aimed to deter irregular migration through a clear policy signal rather than deportation numbers. Rwanda has a legitimate point in arguing it acted in good faith and incurred costs under the agreement, a situation created by Labour’s decision to scrap the agreement. By abandoning the policy without a clean legal exit, the government turned a managed deterrence plan into an avoidable dispute. The lawsuit reflects the cost of political reversal, not a failure of the agreement itself.