Tory Minister Laura Farris sidestepped Sky News host Kay Burley’s question seven times about whether the government had secured an airline prepared to take deported asylum seekers to Rwanda, instead deflecting to legislative hurdles as the main obstacle to seeing the policy through.
Appearing on Sky News on Tuesday, Farris insisted “the things that are holding us back are not operational logistics” and argued that as soon as the law is passed flights “will be getting off as soon as possible.”
When pressed on “operational logistics” – the practicalities of transporting the asylum seekers to Rwanda – Farris had little to offer.
Farris: “The thing that is holding us back, Kay, are not operational logistics. We’ve been working on this for months.”
Burley: “So you’ve an airline to take people now?”
Farris: “When the legislation is through, we will be getting flights off as soon as possible. But it is not the operational logistics holding us up. It is …
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