Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister, saying the government’s emergency Rwanda legislation “does not go far enough”.
He said “stronger protections” were needed to end “the merry-go-round of legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme”.
The government said the bill, unveiled earlier, made clear in UK law Rwanda was a safe country for asylum seekers.
But it stops short of what some on the Tory right were demanding.
In his resignation letter to Rishi Sunak, Mr Jenrick said the prime minister had “moved towards my position” on the emergency legislation.
“Nevertheless, I am unable to take the currently proposed legislation through the Commons as I do not believe it provides us with the best possible chance of success.”
Mr Jenrick added that the bill was “a triumph of hope over experience”.
In response, the prime minister described Mr Jenrick’s resignation as “disappointing” and “based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation”
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