The UK immigration minister resigned over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest proposal to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, underscoring concerns that the anti-immigration plan doesn’t go far enough to pacify a rebellion in the ruling party.
Robert Jenrick quit his post on Wednesday, just hours after the government published a bill that aimed to ensure that ministers could finally proceed with a controversial deportation program that UK courts have deemed unlawful. Jenrick, an erstwhile backer of Sunak’s, warned the measure didn’t go far enough to deter asylum-seekers who have crossed the English Channel in increasing numbers in recent years.