Nigel Farage said that it would be unlikely that any migrants would be sent to Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, despite Sunak’s announcement this morning.

The honorary leader of Reform UK said: “Just over two years ago, of course, we had the speech at Lydd Airport down in Kent, telling us about the Rwanda plan. We’re two years on, we’ve spent at least £160m pounds so far and not sent a single human being.

“Do I believe that in 10 to 12 weeks’ time, there’ll be planes taking off with significant numbers of migrants on board? No, I don’t.”

Government documents seen by the Express suggest that asylum-seekers could be deported on commercial airlines, before the 10-12 week timescale.

This comes after Rishi Sunak announced that the first flights to Rwanda would leave in 10-12 weeks.