Former Tory leader warns Sunak must find another country to deport migrants to if Rwanda plan fails

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Rishi Sunak must find another country willing to accept asylum seekers deported from Britain if his Rwanda plan fails, former Tory leader William has warned Hague.

Conservative Grandee, a close ally of the prime minister, said a proposed deportation is a “necessary part” of the government’s “stop the boats” policy.

It comes as Mr Sunak was reportedly warned by the government. Lawyers believe that trying to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for its revised plan for Rwanda will not work.

“If it wasn't Rwanda, it "it would have to be somewhere else," Lord Hague said on the possibility that Mr Sunak would not be able to operate one-way flights to the central African country.

Lord Hague told Times Radio: "They need to understand some aspects of this policy which shows that if you come to Britain illegally you are going to be deported... So I think that is a necessary element, one way or another other."

The Conservative peer said: "If that were the case, If it's not Rwanda, it would have to be elsewhere. Other countries are considering very similar things and so it must be somewhere in most governments' approach to immigration.

“Otherwise the illegal immigrant is not at all deterred from trying to do this. dangerous journey," he added.

Number 10 said after the Supreme Court ruling against the Rwandan plan that Mr Sunak would soon produce an updated agreement with the central African country and emergency legislation.

The Tory leader, under pressure, is believed to be mulling a plan to use the "notwithstanding" clause in his new emergency legislation in Rwanda to order British judges to ignore the ECHR.