UK prime minister urges upper chamber to cave in on efforts to block Rwanda deportation law WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

LONDON — (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday pledged that deportation flights to Rwanda would begin this summer as he called on the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking his key policy for ending the tide of small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel.

Legislation clearing the way for the flights to take off has been stalled by a standoff between the Lords and the elected House of Commons for more than two months, thwarting Sunak’s earlier plans to get deportation flights in the air before next week’s local elections.

Both houses are taking up the legislation Monday, and Sunak said they would remain in session until it is approved.

The parliamentary stalemate is just the latest hurdle to delay implementation of a plan that has been repeatedly blocked by a series of court rulings and opposition from human rights activists who say it is illegal and inhumane. Migrant advocates have vowed to continue the fight against it.

“For almost two years, our …