The Prime Minister is facing potential rebellions from both wings of the Conservative Party, with centrists fearing that his new law has gone too far and the right accusing him of not being tough enough.
Mr Sunak, on the other hand, argued that his Bill would prohibit “every single reason that has ever been used” to halt flights to the East African country.
“We’ve got to finish the job, and I’m going to see this thing through,” he said yesterday.
The PM added: “We need to end the merry-go-round. So I’m also announcing today that we will take the extraordinary step of introducing emergency legislation. This will enable Parliament to confirm that with our new treaty, Rwanda is safe.”
Yesterday, Mr Sunak conducted a last-minute press conference to underline his authority.
Robert Jenrick resigned as immigration minister when the Prime Minister unveiled plans to make Rwanda deportations realistic after the Supreme Court halted them.
Mr Jenrick stated that the legislation will fail because it is insufficiently broad, a fear shared by several Tory MPs on the Right.
However, the Premier stressed that the difference between his viewpoint and that of his party colleagues who wish to abandon international treaties such as the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights was minor.
He said in No9 Downing Street: “For the people who say, ‘You should do something different’, the difference between them and me is an inch, given everything that we have closed. We’re talking about an inch.
“That inch, by the way, is the difference between the Rwandans participating in this scheme and not.” Mr Sunak also faces concerns from centrist Tory MPs in the One Nation group who are “very nervous” about the Bill.