Yvette Cooper comments on the Rwanda asylum flight being cancelled

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the Rwanda asylum flight being cancelled, said:

"There is no point in the Government blaming anyone else but themselves. They have pushed ahead with a policy they knew was unworkable, unethical, and incredibly expensive because they just wanted a row and someone else to blame.

"They ignored all the warnings about the treatment of torture victims, the lack of proper processes in Rwanda, the fact that it will not stop criminal gangs, and the risk that it will make people trafficking worse. And they have still gone ahead with paying Rwanda over £120m.

"They are more interested in picking fights than in pursuing serious policies. This Government has abandoned all British decency and common sense."