Home Secretary James Cleverly said the Tories flagship Rwanda policy needs to show the "will of British people".
It comes as Tory backbench MPs challenged Mr Cleverly over his claim the Rwanda policy was not the “be all and end all” of the stop the boats push.
Mr Cleverly’s comment at the weekend that the scheme was not the “be all and end all” of small boats policy had angered some on the right of the party – given the new home secretary is known to be opposed to pulling out of, or ignoring, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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