UK to publish new Rwanda treaty within days - PM's spokesman

Britain's government will publish a new treaty with Rwanda in the "coming days" to address the Supreme Court's ruling that a plan to send asylum seekers to the country was unlawful, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman said.

The court unanimously ruled that asylum seekers could not be sent to Rwanda because it could not be considered a safe third country, delivering a blow to the government's pledge to stop people arriving on England's coast in small boats.

"We will lay the treaty in parliament in the coming days so flights can commence as soon as possible," the spokesman told reporters. "We will provide the reassurances that the court has asked for."