James Cleverly is visiting Rwanda to sign a new pact for the government’s asylum policy.
Following the Supreme Court’s verdict against the project, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s objective is to make the arrangement to send migrants there legally watertight.
Following the verdict on November 15, the government asserted that it had been working on contingency plans and promised a treaty with Rwanda within days, as well as emergency legislation in parliament.
Mr Cleverly said Rwanda “cares deeply about the rights of refugees” and he looks forward to meeting counterparts and signing the deal.
The home secretary said: “We are clear that Rwanda is a safe country, and we are working at pace to move forward with this partnership to stop the boats and save lives.
“The Supreme Court recognised that changes may be delivered in future to address the conclusions they reached – and that is what we have set out to do together, with this new, internationally recognised treaty agreement.
“Rwanda cares deeply about the rights of refugees, and I look forward to meeting with counterparts to sign this agreement and further discuss how we work together to tackle the global challenge of illegal migration.”
Rwanda is rumoured to be pressing for further funding on top of the £140 million already pledged to the plan.
Kigali would be handed a £15 million top-up payment to agree on new terms for its agreement with the UK.