Sunak ‘not interested’ in asylum seeker returns deal with Ireland

Rishi Sunak said he was ‘not interested’ in any sort of returns deal (Frank Augstein/PA)

Rishi Sunak rejected the idea of accepting the return of asylum seekers from Ireland amid concerns the UK government’s Rwanda policy was driving the flow of migrants across the border with the North.

The British prime minister said he was “not interested” in any sort of returns deal if the European Union did not allow the UK to send back asylum seekers who had crossed the English Channel from France.