The Sun revealed that on monday the first Rwanda removal was carried out with a failed asylum seeker agreeing to fly to Kigali voluntarily. Under a scheme parallel to forced deportation he was given £3,000 and a seat on a commercial jet…

Some pundits are missing the point, which is that voluntary removals dispel the trendy idea that Rwanda is some sort of Black Hole of Calcutta – it’s just not Britain. Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch is on the airwaves this morning touting this as a success and points out that the deterrent effect is working already, as seen in the panicked reaction of the Irish government to an increase it is experiencing in Rwanda-cautious migrants. Meanwhile, “senior labour figures” want to keep the Rwanda plan going…