The Home Office will start telling asylum seekers this week that they may be sent to Rwanda as ministers try to kick-start the deportation scheme in the face of legal challenges.
Boris Johnson has said he wants the first flight carrying asylum seekers to take off by the end of the month, but six legal challenges lodged against the policy have caused delays.
In an effort to avoid further delays the Home Office intends to start telling people this week that they are at risk of being sent to Rwanda.
The number of people selected initially is likely to be in the dozens, to limit individual legal challenges. They will have seven days to submit legal grounds for staying in the UK. These will be
